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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.11.3
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
1.11.3
tatheti ca sa rājānam uvāca ca susatkṛtaḥ
saṃbhārāḥ saṃbhriyantāṃ te turagaś ca vimucyatām
“So be it,” said he, well honoured, to the king; “let the requisites be gathered for you, and let the horse be released.”
Words: tatheti — ‘so be it’; ca — and; sa — he; rājānam — to the king; uvāca — said; ca — and; susatkṛtaḥ — well honoured; saṃbhārāḥ — the requisites, materials; saṃbhriyantāṃ — let them be gathered; te — for you; turagaś — the horse; ca — and; vimucyatām — let it be released, set free
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.