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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.11.21

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: he bows at the maharṣi's feet, and all three stand respectfully before him

3.11.21

evam uktvā mahābāhur agastyaṃ sūryavarcasaṃ
jagrāha paramaprītas tasya pādau paraṃtapaḥ

Having spoken thus, the mighty-armed scorcher of foes, greatly delighted, clasped the feet of Agastya, who had the splendour of the sun.

Words: evam — thus; uktvā — having spoken; mahābāhur — the mighty-armed one; agastyaṃ — Agastya; sūryavarcasaṃ — of the splendour of the sun; jagrāha — clasped, took hold of; paramaprītas — greatly delighted; tasya — his; pādau — the two feet; paraṃtapaḥ — the scorcher of foes

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.