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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.11.8

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

3.11.8

draṣṭuṃ bhavantam āyātau śuśrūṣārtham ariṃdamau
yad atrānantaraṃ tattvam ājñāpayitum arhasi

Those two tamers of foes have come to see you and to render service; be pleased to command truly what should follow next in this matter.”

Words: draṣṭuṃ — to see; bhavantam — you; āyātau — the two have come; śuśrūṣārtham — for the sake of rendering service; ariṃdamau — the two tamers of foes; yad — which, as to what; atrānantaraṃ — hereafter, next in this; tattvam — the truth, what is right; ājñāpayitum — to command; arhasi — you ought, be pleased to

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.