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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.66.5

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 66: Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage. Rāma lifts, strings and breaks the bow, Janaka declares his marriage condition fulfilled and sends envoys to seek Daśaratha’s consent

In the sequence: five thousand strong men haul its eight-wheeled chest into place

1.66.5

tām ādāya tu mañjūṣām āyatīṃ yatra tad dhanuḥ
suropamaṃ te janakam ūcur nṛpati mantriṇaḥ

Bringing that great chest in which the bow lay, the ministers said to king Janaka, who was like a god:

Words: tām — that; ādāya — having brought, taken; tu — and; mañjūṣām — chest; āyatīṃ — large, long; yatra — where; tad dhanuḥ — the bow (was); suropamaṃ — godlike; te — they; janakam — Janaka; ūcur — said; nṛpati — the king; mantriṇaḥ — the ministers

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.