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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.11.14

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: the disciple returns with Lakṣmaṇa and respectfully escorts the travelers inside

3.11.14

tato gatvāśramapadaṃ śiṣyeṇa sahalakṣmaṇaḥ
darśayām āsa kākutsthaṃ sītāṃ ca janakātmajām

Then Lakṣmaṇa, going with the disciple to the hermitage grounds, pointed out Kākutstha (Rāma) and Sītā, the daughter of Janaka.

Words: tato — then; gatvāśramapadaṃ — having gone to the hermitage grounds; śiṣyeṇa — with the disciple; sahalakṣmaṇaḥ — Lakṣmaṇa (accompanied); darśayām āsa — pointed out, showed; kākutsthaṃ — Kākutstha (Rāma); sītāṃ — Sītā; ca — and; janakātmajām — the daughter of Janaka

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.