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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.11.23

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 provides a seat and water, makes the prescribed offerings, and serves food appropriate to forest life

3.11.23

pratigṛhya ca kākutstham arcayitvāsanodakaiḥ
kuśalapraśnam uktvā ca āsyatām iti so 'bravīt

Receiving Kākutstha and honouring him with a seat and water, and asking after his welfare, he said, “Please be seated.”

Words: pratigṛhya — having received, welcomed; ca — and; kākutstham — Kākutstha (Rāma); arcayitvāsanodakaiḥ — having honoured with seat and water; kuśalapraśnam — the enquiry after welfare; uktvā — having spoken; ca — and; āsyatām — ‘let (you) be seated’; iti — thus; so — he; 'bravīt — said

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.