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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.12.11

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 12: Aśvamedha yajña: Construction, invitations and hospitality. Vasiṣṭha organizes construction, food and lodging, Sumantra invites the guests and Daśaratha enters the enclosure to begin the rites

In the sequence: Vasiṣṭha calls the ritual specialists, builders, carpenters, diggers, accountants, craftspeople, and performers → he orders many thousands of bricks brought and comfortable lodgings built for Kings, brāhmaṇas, townspeople, and country visitors, with abundant food and drink

1.12.11

āvāsā bahubhakṣyā vai sarvakāmair upasthitāḥ
tathā jānapadasyāpi janasya bahuśobhanam

dwellings well stocked with food and furnished with every desirable thing; and likewise plenty of fine provision for the country folk too.

Words: āvāsā — dwellings; bahubhakṣyā — well stocked with food; vai — indeed; sarvakāmair — with every desirable thing; upasthitāḥ — furnished, provided; tathā — likewise; jānapadasyāpi — for the country folk too; janasya — for the people; bahuśobhanam — much that is fine

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.