सीतानाथ समारम्भां रामानन्दार्य मध्यमाम्।
अस्मदाचार्य पर्यन्तां वन्दे श्रीगुरू परम्पराम् ।।
Nothing in this entire eternal universe can match the glory of the Bow & Arrow of Parātpar Par-Brahma Śrī Rām. Although the glory of his Bow and Arrow is in every scripture but to be specific we will go with Srimad Brihd-Hanuman Nataka 14.7-13;
बहुचक्र समं विष्णोः बहुशूल समं हरः ।
बहु वज्र समश्वासोः रामबाण प्रतापवान् ।।
तणेनैकशरं करेण दशधा सन्धानकालेशतंचापेऽभूत् सहस्र लक्षगमने कोटिश्च कोटिर्वधे ।
अन्तेखर्वनिखर्व बारण विवधैः सीतापतेः शोभितः
एतद्द्वार पराक्रमस्य महिमा सत्पात्रदानं यथा ।।
Shri Ram's glorious arrow is infinite powerful than Lord Vishnu's chakra, many mighty from Lord Shankar's trishul, infinitely hard from Devendra Purandar's clothes. That arrow of Lord Shri Ram remains one in Tunir (Bhatha), but it becomes of ten types while taking it in hand. When it is put on the string, it assumes a hundred forms, and while being mounted on the bow, it becomes thousands, while leaving the bow to kill the enemy, it becomes millions. And while killing the enemy, he becomes crores of crores. In the end, if needed, it becomes full with the great power of billions and trillions arrows. This is the glory of the prowess of Shriram's arrow. Just like the donation given in a good character keeps on increasing, similarly it also has a strange mighty pastime.
नागानामयुतं तुरङ्गनियुतं सार्धरथीनां शतम्पत्तीनां दशकोटि सन्निपतने नृत्यत् कबन्धोरणे ।
एवं कोटि कबंध नर्त्तनविधौ नृत्येत्तथा खेचरः तेषां कोटिक नर्त्तने रघुपतेः कोदण्डघण्टारवः ।।
On the death of ten thousand elephants, ten lakh horses, fifty lakh chariots, and ten crore generals, the “Bandha” dances, and the “Khechara" dances on the dance of crores of such “Bandha”. Only a little tinkling (टंकार) of the bow of Shri Raghunath ji is capable of making crores of such “Khechara-s" dance.
एकेनैवशरेण चापकदलीकाण्डप्रभंगः क्रमात् कृत्तेषु प्रथमेषु दाशरथिना तालेषु सप्तस्वयम् ।
अंश्वाः सप्त जिधन्ति सप्तमुनयः सप्ताह्वयः सागराः सोऽयं सप्त च मातरोत्रयभृतः संख्यान साम्यादिह ॥
What is the wonder that Shri Dasharatha Nandan Ram broke all the seven “Taal Trees" with a single arrow? Who can even describe its infinite majesty? These are only seven Rishis, seven horses of the sun's chariot, seven islands, seven seas, seven matrikas, etc. The number of seven is famous in Tribhuvan, so it has been said to drop seven “Taal Trees" by the recognition of these names.
बाण प्रमाणमधिगम्य वसुन्धरायाः सम्बोधयन्निव भुजंगमभंग भीत्या ।
ब्रह्माण्डसचराचर विधुनातिपक्षान् पुंखावशेष इति रामकराद्वियुक्तः ।।
After getting the knowledge of the matchless glory of the might of Shriram's arrow, Vasundhara may not be broken into pieces by his strike, so Shesh Narayan constantly remembers the Lord. As if addressing the earth that be careful, lest you have to be the target of the Lord's arrow. Because even a small piece of arrow feather released from the hand of Shri Ram is capable of destroying even the infinite universe.
संग्रामाङ्गणमागतेन भवता चापे समारोपिते- रामाकर्णपथेन येन सहिता यदि सा समासादिता । कोदण्डेन शराशरैररि शिरस्तेनापि भूमण्डलातेनात्तं भवता च कीर्तिरमला कीर्त्या च लोकत्रयम् ।।
संग्रामे रिपु भूभुजां मुखरूचिर्जीवा च देवाङ्गनाचक्षुः प्रोल्लसदस्रमांस निवहैस्तन् मेदिनी मण्डलम् ।
तच्चायोद्भुत बाणसंहतिरभूत् श्रीरामभूमिपतेजम्बुवज्जलबिन्दु वज्जलजवं जम्बालवत् जालवत् ॥
O Ram! When you came to the battlefield and raised your bow, pulled its arrow up to your ear, then your staff with that arrow covered the earth with the heads of the enemies, which produced your pure fame which filled the three worlds . O Bhupal Chudamane! O Sri Rama! The death of the rulers of the enemy side in the battlefield has caused the eyes of the goddesses to blossom as they see the brightness of the faces of those dying kings.
Their heads have covered the earth. The combination of your arrow and bow has produced wonderful miracles like berries, like water drops, like lotuses, and like jambala nets at the same time. That is, at the time of death, the color of the face turns black like a berry, the ephemerality of life like a drop of water, the lotus eyes of goddesses brighten with the death of enemies, and the whole earth like a spider's web from the heads of enemies. The combination of your bow and arrow, which gives the scene of being covered, has become a unique amazing miracle.
(Srimad Brihd-Hanuman Nataka 14.7-13)
Please Chant SitaRam SitaRam SitaRam
Glory to Śrīmad Goswami Tulsidas Ji
Glory to Ānand Bhāshyakār Śrīmad Jagādgurü Ramānandacharya Ji
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