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)