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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.67.9

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 67: Vivāha: Envoys seek Daśaratha’s consent. Janaka’s envoys report Rāma’s feat in Ayodhyā, Daśaratha consults his priests and ministers and orders departure for Mithilā

In the sequence: they convey Janaka's affectionate inquiries and explain that Rāma has fulfilled the condition for Sītā's marriage by breaking the divine bow

1.67.9

tac ca rājan dhanur divyaṃ madhye bhagnaṃ mahātmanā
rāmeṇa hi mahārāja mahatyāṃ janasaṃsadi

And that divine bow, O king, was broken in the middle by the great-souled Rāma, O great king, in a great assembly of people.

Words: tac ca — and that; rājan — O king; dhanur — bow; divyaṃ — divine; madhye — in the middle; bhagnaṃ — broken; mahātmanā — by the great-souled; rāmeṇa — by Rāma; hi — indeed; mahārāja — O great king; mahatyāṃ — great; janasaṃsadi — in the assembly of people

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.