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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.74.11

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 74: Paraśurāma: The two divine bows and the challenge. Paraśurāma ignores Daśaratha’s plea, recounts the rival divine bows and his vengeance, and challenges Rāma to string Viṣṇu’s bow

In the sequence: He explains that Viśvakarman made two great divine bows, one for Śiva and the other for Viṣṇu

1.74.11

ime dve dhanuṣī śreṣṭhe divye lokābhiviśrute
dṛḍhe balavatī mukhye sukṛte viśvakarmaṇā

These two are the finest of bows, divine and renowned throughout the worlds — firm, powerful, foremost, and well-wrought by Viśvakarman;

Words: ime — these; dve — two; dhanuṣī — bows (dual); śreṣṭhe — the finest (dual); divye — divine (dual); lokābhiviśrute — renowned throughout the worlds (dual); dṛḍhe — firm (dual); balavatī — powerful (dual); mukhye — foremost (dual); sukṛte — well-made (dual); viśvakarmaṇā — by Viśvakarman (the divine artificer)

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.