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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.11.19

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: passing the shrines of Brahmā, Agni, Viṣṇu, Indra, the Sun, Soma, and other devatās, Rāma sees Agastya approaching with his disciples

3.11.19

tataḥ śiṣyaiḥ parivṛto munir apy abhiniṣpatat
taṃ dadarśāgrato rāmo munīnāṃ dīptatejasaṃ
abravīd vacanaṃ vīro lakṣmaṇaṃ lakṣmivardhanam

Then the sage too, surrounded by his disciples, came forth; and Rāma, seeing before him that sage of blazing splendour, the heroic one spoke these words to Lakṣmaṇa, increaser of good fortune:

Words: tataḥ — then; śiṣyaiḥ — by disciples; parivṛto — surrounded; munir — the sage; apy — too; abhiniṣpatat — came forth; taṃ — him; dadarśāgrato — saw before (him); rāmo — Rāma; munīnāṃ — among sages, of the sages; dīptatejasaṃ — of blazing splendour; abravīd — spoke; vacanaṃ — words; vīro — the hero; lakṣmaṇaṃ — to Lakṣmaṇa; lakṣmivardhanam — increaser of good fortune

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.