Thereat both the king and the ascetic said, Excellent well. At the words of the anchorite, in the sight of countless thousands of spectators, the righteous son of Raghu with exceeding ease took hold of the bow by the middle, and fixed the string upon it, and having fixed the string, drew it. And that foremost of men enjoying high fame, snapped the bow in the middle. And mighty was the sound that was heard on the occasion, like to the bursting of a thunder-clap: and the earth trembled terribly, as it does in the vicinity of a mountain splitting; and overwhelmed by the noise, all rolled head over heels, with the exception of that best of ascetics, the king, and the two Rāghavas.
बादमित्यब्रवीद् र.ना मुनिश्च समभाषत। लीलया स धनुर्मध्ये जग्राह वचनान्मुनेः॥ पश्यतां नृसहस्राणां बहूनां रघुनन्दनः। आरोपयत् स धर्मात्मा सलीलमिव तद्धनुः॥ आरोपयित्वा मौर्वी च पूरयामास तद्धनुः। तद् बभञ्ज धनुर्मध्ये नरश्रेष्ठो महायशाः॥ तस्य शब्दो महानासीनिर्घातसमनिःस्वनः। भूमिकम्पश्च सुमहान् पर्वतस्येव दीर्यतः॥ निपेतुश्च नराः सर्वे तेन शब्देन मोहिताः। वर्जयित्वा मुनिवरं राजानं तौ च राघवौ॥