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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.11.13

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: Daśaratha orders capable attendants to oversee the horse and directs that the sacrificial ground be prepared on the Sarayū's northern bank

1.11.13

tataḥ prīto 'bhavad rājā śrutvā tad dvijabhāṣitam
amātyāṃś cābravīd rājā harṣeṇedaṃ śubhākṣaram

Then the king was pleased on hearing that speech of the brahmins; and out of joy he spoke to his counsellors these auspicious words:

Words: tataḥ — then; prīto — pleased; 'bhavad — became; rājā — the king; śrutvā — having heard; tad — that; dvijabhāṣitam — the speech of the brahmins; amātyāṃś — the counsellors; cābravīd — and said; rājā — the king; harṣeṇedaṃ — out of joy this; śubhākṣaram — of auspicious words

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.