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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.11.5

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: Sumantra summons Vasiṣṭha, Vāmadeva, Suyajña, Jābāli, Kāśyapa, and the other ṛtvijs (officiating priests)

1.11.5

tataḥ sumantras tvaritaṃ gatvā tvaritavikramaḥ
samānayat sa tān viprān samastān vedapāragān

Then Sumantra, of swift stride, going quickly, brought together all those brahmins, masters of the Vedas.

Words: tataḥ — then; sumantras — Sumantra; tvaritaṃ — quickly; gatvā — having gone; tvaritavikramaḥ — of swift stride; samānayat — brought together; sa — he; tān — those; viprān — brahmins; samastān — all; vedapāragān — masters of the Vedas

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.