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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.93.19

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 93: Bharata finds Rāma. Bark markers and smoke lead him to the hut, he falls before his brother in tapasvin dress, Rāma embraces him & Śatrughna

In the sequence: he sees the shelter's leaf roof, grass floor, bows, quivers, swords, shields, and finger-guards

2.93.19

śakrāyudha nikāśaiś ca kārmukair bhārasādhanaiḥ
rukmapṛṣṭhair mahāsāraiḥ śobhitāṃ śatrubādhakaiḥ

And adorned with bows like Indra's rainbow, able to bear great strain, gold-backed, of mighty force, tormentors of foes.

Words: śakrāyudha nikāśaiś — resembling Indra's weapon (the rainbow); ca — and; kārmukair — with bows; bhārasādhanaiḥ — that bear a heavy strain; rukmapṛṣṭhair — gold-backed; mahāsāraiḥ — of great strength; śobhitāṃ — adorned; śatrubādhakaiḥ — tormenting foes

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.