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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.11.31

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

3.11.31

saṃpūrṇau niśitair bāṇair jvaladbhir iva pāvakaiḥ
mahārājata kośo 'yam asir hemavibhūṣitaḥ

The two are filled with sharp arrows like blazing fires; and here is this sword with a great silver sheath, adorned with gold.

Words: saṃpūrṇau — the two full, filled; niśitair — with sharp; bāṇair — with arrows; jvaladbhir — with blazing; iva — like; pāvakaiḥ — fires; mahārājata — of great silver; kośo — sheath; 'yam — this; asir — the sword; hemavibhūṣitaḥ — adorned with gold

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.