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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.1.9

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 1: Daṇḍaka’s tapasvins seek protection. They welcome Rāma, Sītā & Lakṣmaṇa and claim the King’s protection as subjects who have renounced force

In the sequence: he unstrings his bow before approaching

3.1.9

tad dṛṣṭvā rāghavaḥ śrīmāṃs tāpasāśramamaṇḍalam
abhyagacchan mahātejā vijyaṃ kṛtvā mahad dhanuḥ

Seeing that cluster of ascetics' hermitages, the illustrious Rāghava of great splendour unstrung his great bow and approached it.

Words: tad — that; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava (Rāma); śrīmāṃs — the illustrious, glorious; tāpasāśramamaṇḍalam — the cluster of ascetics' hermitages; abhyagacchan — approached; mahātejā — of great splendour; vijyaṃ — unstrung (bowstring removed); kṛtvā — having made; mahad — great; dhanuḥ — bow

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.