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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.11.18

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: he warns that learned brahma-rākṣasas seek ritual faults and that a flawed sacrifice endangers its patron → the ministers agree to arrange everything correctly, and the assembly disperses.

1.11.18

tad yathāvidhi pūrvaṃ me kratur eṣa samāpyate
tathāvidhānaṃ kriyatāṃ samarthāḥ karaṇeṣv iha

So let arrangement be made in such a way that this sacrifice of mine is completed according to rule from the outset — you who are capable in these operations here.”

Words: tad — so, therefore; yathāvidhi — according to rule; pūrvaṃ — from the outset, beforehand; me — my; kratur — sacrifice; eṣa — this; samāpyate — is completed; tathāvidhānaṃ — arrangement to that effect; kriyatāṃ — let it be made; samarthāḥ — (you) capable ones; karaṇeṣv — in the operations, tasks; iha — here

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.