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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.11.10

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 11: Aśvamedha yajña: Release of the horse and preparations. Ṛṣyaśṛṅga orders the horse released, Daśaratha commissions the sacrificial ground on the Sarayū’s northern bank and warns that ritual errors endanger the patron

In the sequence: the priests approve, repeat the instructions, and promise four sons

1.11.10

tataḥ sādhv iti tad vākyaṃ brāhmaṇāḥ pratyapūjayan
vasiṣṭhapramukhāḥ sarve pārthivasya mukhāc cyutam

Then all the brahmins, headed by Vasiṣṭha, applauded with “Excellent!” that speech which had fallen from the king's mouth.

Words: tataḥ — then; sādhv — ‘excellent, well done’; iti — thus; tad — that; vākyaṃ — speech; brāhmaṇāḥ — the brahmins; pratyapūjayan — applauded, approved; vasiṣṭhapramukhāḥ — headed by Vasiṣṭha; sarve — all; pārthivasya — of the king; mukhāc — from the mouth; cyutam — fallen, issued

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.