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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.11.10
Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 11: Agastya’s gifts of weapons. He gives Rāma Viṣṇu’s bow, Brahmā’s arrow, Indra’s inexhaustible quivers and a gold-adorned sword
In the sequence: Agastya says he too has long wished for this meeting and asks why Rāma has not already been brought in
3.11.10
diṣṭyā rāmaś cirasyādya draṣṭuṃ māṃ samupāgataḥ
manasā kāṅkṣitaṃ hy asya mayāpy āgamanaṃ prati
“By good fortune Rāma has come today, after so long, to see me; indeed I too had longed in my heart for his coming.
Words: diṣṭyā — by good fortune; rāmaś — Rāma; cirasyādya — after long, today; draṣṭuṃ — to see; māṃ — me; samupāgataḥ — has come; manasā — with the mind, in the heart; kāṅkṣitaṃ — longed for, desired; hy — indeed; asya — his; mayāpy — by me too; āgamanaṃ prati — for his coming
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.