Lord Ram, as ordained by his father Dasaratha, at the behest of Janaka, Father of Seetha, takes the Shiva Dhanus playfully in his hands, which as a child
Seehta too lifted playfully when she was a child, strings it and it breaks.
Normally we understand that Lord rama broke the Shiva dhanus in the Swayamvar of Sita in Mithila, in the Valmiki Ramayana.
Yet in the Bala Kanda Valimiki describes and reports compliments both to Ram and Lakshmana for having broken the Shiva Dhanus(Shiva's Bow).
Though Rama alone broke the bow of Shiva, both Rama and Lakshmana are said to have done it.
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