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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.11.12
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
3.11.12
evam uktas tu muninā dharmajñena mahātmanā
abhivādyābravīc chiṣyas tatheti niyatāñjaliḥ
Addressed thus by the great-souled sage who knew dharma, the disciple, saluting with palms reverently joined, said, “So be it.”
Words: evam — thus; uktas — addressed; tu — but, and; muninā — by the sage; dharmajñena — who knew dharma; mahātmanā — the great-souled; abhivādyābravīc — having saluted, said; chiṣyas — the disciple; tatheti — ‘so (be it)’; niyatāñjaliḥ — with palms reverently joined
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.