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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.11.15
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
1.11.15
sarayvāś cottare tīre yajñabhūmir vidhīyatām
śāntayaś cābhivardhantāṃ yathākalpaṃ yathāvidhi
And on the northern bank of the Sarayū let the sacrificial ground be laid out; and let the propitiatory rites be augmented according to prescription and rule.
Words: sarayvāś — of the Sarayū; cottare — and on the northern; tīre — bank; yajñabhūmir — the sacrificial ground; vidhīyatām — let it be laid out, arranged; śāntayaś — the propitiatory rites; cābhivardhantāṃ — and let them be augmented; yathākalpaṃ — according to prescription; yathāvidhi — according to rule
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.