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30 passagesश्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे बालकाण्डे पञ्चसप्ततितमः सर्गः ॥१-७५॥ राम दाशरथे वीर वीर्यं ते श्रूयतेऽद्भुतम्। धनुषो भेदनं चैव निखिलेन मया श्रुतम् ॥१॥
In the venerable Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Bālakāṇḍa, the seventy-fifth chapter. ॥1-75॥ O Rāma, son of Daśaratha, hero, your extraordinary prowess is heard of. And I have heard fully of the breaking of the bow. ॥1॥
तदद्भुतमचिन्त्यं च भेदनं धनुषस्तथा। तच्छ्रुत्वाहमनुप्राप्तो धनुर्गृह्यापरं शुभम् ॥२॥
That breaking of the bow, wondrous and inconceivable, likewise—having heard that, I have come, taking another auspicious bow. ॥2॥
तदिदं घोरसंकाशं जामदग्न्यं महद्धनुः। पूरयस्व शरेणैव स्वबलं दर्शयस्व च ॥३॥
This here is the dreadful-looking, Jamadagni’s great bow. String it with an arrow itself, and show your own strength. ॥3॥
तदहं ते बलं दृष्ट्वा धनुषोऽप्यस्य पूरणे। द्वन्द्वयुद्धं प्रदास्यामि वीर्यश्लाघ्यमहं तव ॥४॥
Then I, having seen your strength, even in the stringing/filling of this bow, will grant you a single combat, one fit to make your valor praised.
तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा राजा दशरथस्तदा। विषण्णवदनो दीनः प्राञ्जलिर्वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥५॥
Having heard that statement of his, King Dasharatha then, with a sorrowful and distressed face and with joined palms, spoke these words:
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