Valmiki,
The Ramayana of Valmiki — Canto LXVII: The Breaking of The Bow
(1870s)
“ King Janak to the strangers cried: 'This gem of bows, O Bráhman Sage, Our race has prized from age to age. Too strong for those who yet have reigned, Though great in might each nerve they strained. ”
