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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.11.2

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: After some time, in spring, Daśaratha bows to Ṛṣyaśṛṅga and asks him to undertake the sacrifice for offspring → Ṛṣyaśṛṅga agrees and orders the supplies assembled and the horse released

1.11.2

tataḥ prasādya śirasā taṃ vipraṃ devavarṇinam
yajñāya varayām āsa saṃtānārthaṃ kulasya ca

Then, having propitiated with a bow of his head that brahmin of godlike hue, he requested him for the sacrifice, for the continuation of his line.

Words: tataḥ — then; prasādya — having propitiated, conciliated; śirasā — with his head; taṃ — that; vipraṃ — brahmin; devavarṇinam — of godlike hue, complexion; yajñāya — for the sacrifice; varayām āsa — requested, entreated, chose; saṃtānārthaṃ — for the sake of continuation; kulasya — of his line; ca — and

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.