- 'Oh ! Indra among kings, Oh ! lord of Mithila here is the great bow, worshipped by all kings, which you intend to show ( to Rama and Lakshamana )'. [1-67-6]
- 'Here is that exquisite bow, oh ! Brahman, which is held as a time-honoured bow by the lineage of Janaka kings and even the highly forceful kings who were rendered inefficient to hold it, previously..... - [1-67-8]
क्व गतिर्मानुषाणां च धनुषोऽस्य प्रपूरणे | आरोपणे समायोगे वेपने तोलनेऽपि वा || १-६७-१०
- How then can men brace its bowstring to the other end, or twitch the bowstring for its tautness, or place the arrow on bowstring at a proper place for a proper stretchability, or even take a good aim with it. - [1-67-10]