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)