That rare bow, O foremost of men, furnished with an excellent device for griping it, had been solicited by Mithila's lord as the fruit of his sacrifice; and the celestials conferred it upon him.
तद्धि यज्ञफलं तेन मैथिलेनोत्तमं धनुः। याचितं नरशार्दूल सुनाभं सर्वदैवतैः॥