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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.11.32

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 explains that Viṣṇu used this bow to defeat the asuras and recover sovereignty for the Devas → he gives the weapons to Rāma for victory.

3.11.32

anena dhanuṣā rāma hatvā saṃkhye mahāsurān
ājahāra śriyaṃ dīptāṃ purā viṣṇur divaukasām

With this bow, Rāma, Viṣṇu long ago slew the great asuras in battle and won back the shining sovereignty for the dwellers in heaven.

Words: anena — with this; dhanuṣā — bow; rāma — O Rāma; hatvā — having slain; saṃkhye — in battle; mahāsurān — the great asuras; ājahāra — brought back, won; śriyaṃ — the sovereignty, glory; dīptāṃ — shining, blazing; purā — of old, formerly; viṣṇur — Viṣṇu; divaukasām — for the dwellers in heaven (the gods)

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.