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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.27.18

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 27: Rāma takes up Viṣṇu’s bow. Khara breaks his bow and shoots away his armour, Rāma uses Agastya’s gift to destroy Khara’s chariot and bow

In the sequence: bloodied and angry, Rāma takes up the bow of Viṣṇu received from Agastya

3.27.18

tato gambhīranirhrādaṃ rāmaḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ
cakārāntāya sa ripoḥ sajyam anyan mahad dhanuḥ

Then Rāma, crusher of foes, strung another great bow of deep-thundering twang for the destruction of his enemy.

Words: tato — then; gambhīranirhrādaṃ — of deep-thundering (twang); rāmaḥ — Rāma; śatrunibarhaṇaḥ — crusher of foes; cakārāntāya — made (it ready), for the destruction; sa — he; ripoḥ — of the enemy; sajyam — strung; anyan — another; mahad — great; dhanuḥ — bow

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.