Chapter 12 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 12.24

अनेन धनुषा राम हत्वा संख्ये महासुरान्। आजहार श्रियं दीप्तां पुरा विष्णुर्दिवौकसाम् ॥ तद्धनुस्तौ च तूणी च शरं खङ्गं च मानद। जयाय प्रतिगृह्णष्व वज्रं वज्रधरो यथा॥

anena dhanuṣā rāma hatvā saṃkhye mahāsurān| ājahāra śriyaṃ dīptāṃ purā viṣṇurdivaukasām || taddhanustau ca tūṇī ca śaraṃ khaṅgaṃ ca mānada| jayāya pratigṛhṇaṣva vajraṃ vajradharo yathā||

English Meaning

Having, O Rama, slain the mighty Asuras with this bow, Vişņu in days of yorc in battle secured the effulgent Fortune of the celestials. O bestower of honour, do you for securing victory, take this bow, these quivers, this arrow, and this scimitar, like the holder of the thunderbolt, taking the same.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)