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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.66.7

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: Janaka repeats that Suras, asuras, rākṣasas, gandharvas, yakṣas, kiṃnaras and mahoragas could not draw it, much less ordinary men lift or string it

1.66.7

teṣāṃ nṛpo vacaḥ śrutvā kṛtāñjalir abhāṣata
viśvāmitraṃ mahātmānaṃ tau cobhau rāmalakṣmaṇau

Hearing their word, the king, with palms joined, addressed the great-souled Viśvāmitra and both Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa:

Words: teṣāṃ — their; nṛpo — the king; vacaḥ — word; śrutvā — having heard; kṛtāñjalir — with palms joined; abhāṣata — addressed, spoke; viśvāmitraṃ — Viśvāmitra; mahātmānaṃ — the great-souled; tau cobhau — and both those; rāmalakṣmaṇau — Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.