Chapter 38 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 38

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 38.9

तं तथा दण्डकारण्ये यज्ञमुद्दिश्य दिक्षितम्। बभूवोपस्थितो रामश्चित्रं विस्फारयन् धनुः॥

taṃ tathā daṇḍakāraṇye yajñamuddiśya dikṣitam| babhūvopasthito rāmaścitraṃ visphārayan dhanuḥ||

English Meaning

After-words having been initiated for the sacrifice in the forest of Dandaka Rāma having unstrung his mighty bow came to the ascetic to protect the sacrifice.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)