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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.11.5

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: the disciple enters the fire sanctuary and reports their arrival

3.11.5

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā lakṣmaṇasya tapodhanaḥ
tathety uktvāgniśaraṇaṃ praviveśa niveditum

Hearing that speech of Lakṣmaṇa, the ascetic, saying “So be it,” entered the fire-sanctuary to announce it.

Words: tasya — his; tadvacanaṃ — that speech; śrutvā — having heard; lakṣmaṇasya — of Lakṣmaṇa; tapodhanaḥ — the ascetic (whose wealth is austerity); tathety — ‘so (be it)’; uktvāgniśaraṇaṃ — having said ... the fire-sanctuary; praviveśa — entered; niveditum — to announce

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.