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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.11.30

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 adds a powerful arrow given by Brahmā, two inexhaustible quivers received from Indra, and a gold-adorned sword with a silver sheath

3.11.30

amoghaḥ sūryasaṃkāśo brahmadattaḥ śarottamaḥ
datto mama mahendreṇa tūṇī cākṣayasāyakau

This is the unerring, sun-like supreme arrow given by Brahmā; and two quivers with inexhaustible shafts were given to me by great Indra.

Words: amoghaḥ — unerring, infallible; sūryasaṃkāśo — sun-like; brahmadattaḥ — given by Brahmā; śarottamaḥ — the supreme arrow; datto — given; mama — to me; mahendreṇa — by great Indra; tūṇī — the two quivers; cākṣayasāyakau — and with inexhaustible arrows

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.