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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.74.12
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
1.74.12
atisṛṣṭaṃ surair ekaṃ tryambakāya yuyutsave
tripuraghnaṃ naraśreṣṭha bhagnaṃ kākutsha yat tvayā
one was bestowed by the gods on Tryambaka (Śiva) eager for battle — the destroyer of the Triple City, O best of men, the very one that was broken by you, O Kākutstha;
Words: atisṛṣṭaṃ — bestowed, granted; surair — by the gods; ekaṃ — one; tryambakāya — to Tryambaka (Śiva); yuyutsave — eager for battle, wishing to fight; tripuraghnaṃ — the destroyer of the Triple City; naraśreṣṭha — O best of men; bhagnaṃ — broken; kākutstha — O Kākutstha; yat — which; tvayā — by you
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.