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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.11.34

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.

3.11.34

evam uktvā mahātejāḥ samastaṃ tad varāyudham
dattvā rāmāya bhagavān agastyaḥ punar abravīt

Having spoken thus and given all that excellent weaponry to Rāma, the venerable, mightily splendid Agastya spoke again:

Words: evam — thus; uktvā — having spoken; mahātejāḥ — the mightily splendid; samastaṃ — entire, all; tad — that; varāyudham — excellent weaponry; dattvā — having given; rāmāya — to Rāma; bhagavān — the venerable; agastyaḥ — Agastya; punar — again; abravīt — spoke

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.