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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.11.6

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)

1.11.6

suyajñaṃ vāmadevaṃ ca jābālim atha kāśyapam
purohitaṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ ca ye cānye dvijasattamāḥ

Suyajña and Vāmadeva, and Jābāli, and Kāśyapa, and the family priest Vasiṣṭha, and whatever other best of brahmins there were —

Words: suyajñaṃ — Suyajña; vāmadevaṃ — Vāmadeva; ca — and; jābālim — Jābāli; atha — and, then; kāśyapam — Kāśyapa; purohitaṃ — the family priest; vasiṣṭhaṃ — Vasiṣṭha; ca — and; ye — who; cānye — and other; dvijasattamāḥ — the best of brahmins

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.