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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.11.29

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 presents Viṣṇu's divine bow, made by Viśvakarman and adorned with gold and diamonds

3.11.29

idaṃ divyaṃ mahac cāpaṃ hemavajravibhūṣitam
vaiṣṇavaṃ puruṣavyāghra nirmitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā

“This is the great divine bow of Viṣṇu, adorned with gold and diamonds, O tiger among men, fashioned by Viśvakarman.

Words: idaṃ — this; divyaṃ — divine; mahac — great; cāpaṃ — bow; hemavajravibhūṣitam — adorned with gold and diamonds; vaiṣṇavaṃ — belonging to Viṣṇu; puruṣavyāghra — O tiger among men; nirmitaṃ — fashioned, made; viśvakarmaṇā — by Viśvakarman

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.