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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.11.20

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

3.11.20

eṣa lakṣmaṇa niṣkrāmaty agastyo bhagavān ṛṣiḥ
audāryeṇāvagacchāmi nidhānaṃ tapasām imam

“Here, Lakṣmaṇa, comes forth the venerable seer Agastya; by his nobility I recognize him as this very treasury of austerities.”

Words: eṣa — here, this one; lakṣmaṇa — O Lakṣmaṇa; niṣkrāmaty — comes forth; agastyo — Agastya; bhagavān — the venerable; ṛṣiḥ — seer; audāryeṇāvagacchāmi — by his nobility I recognize; nidhānaṃ — treasury, repository; tapasām — of austerities; imam — this

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.