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[ Agastya extends hospitality to Rama, Lakshmana and Sita --- Rama receives the divine bow, many other weapons and missiles from Agastya.]

sapraviśyā.śramapadaṅ lakṣmaṇō rāghavānujaḥ.

agastyaśiṣyamāsādya vākyamētaduvāca ha৷৷3.12.1৷৷

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rāghavānujaḥ brother of Rama, saḥ lakṣmaṇaḥ Lakshmana, āśramapadam at the hermitage, praviśya entered, agastyaśiṣyam disciple of Agastya, āsādya met, ētat all this, vākyam words, uvāca ha said.

Lakshmana, the younger brother of Rama, entered the hermitage of Agastya and met one of his disciples and said to him these words :