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Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 118 Shloka 48
Original Shloka
इत्युक्तस्तेन विप्रेण तद्धनुस्समुपानयत्।।2.118.47।। निमेषान्तरमात्रेण तदाऽनम्य महाबलः। ज्यां समारोप्य झडिति पूरयामास वीर्यवान्।।2.118.48।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

तेन विप्रेण by that ascetic, इति thus, उक्तः uttered, ततो then, धनुः bow, उपानयत् brought, महाबलः mighty one, वीर्यवान् valiant man, निमेषान्तरमात्रेण in the twinkling of an eye, तत् that one, आनम्य having bent, झडिति instantly, ज्याम् the string, समारोप्य pulling it, पूरयामास drew it.

English Commentary

At the words of that ascetic, my father brought out the bow. Mighty and valiant Rama bent it and strung it and drew it in the twinkling of an eye.