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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.27.19

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

3.27.19

sumahad vaiṣṇavaṃ yat tad atisṛṣṭaṃ maharṣiṇā
varaṃ tad dhanur udyamya kharaṃ samabhidhāvata

Raising that mighty, excellent bow of Viṣṇu, which had been bestowed on him by the great sage, he rushed upon Khara.

Words: sumahad — very great, mighty; vaiṣṇavaṃ — of Viṣṇu, belonging to Viṣṇu; yat — which; tad — that; atisṛṣṭaṃ — bestowed, given; maharṣiṇā — by the great sage; varaṃ — excellent, choice; tad — that; dhanur — bow; udyamya — having raised; kharaṃ — Khara; samabhidhāvata — rushed upon

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.