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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.12.14

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: everyone must receive food respectfully, regardless of social order → workers and artisans must also be honored, and no one is to be treated with contempt or neglect. The workers agree

1.12.14

teṣām api viśeṣeṇa pūjā kāryā yathākramam
yathā sarvaṃ suvihitaṃ na kiṃ cit parihīyate

to them too honour is to be shown, especially, in due order, so that everything is well arranged and nothing falls short.

Words: teṣām — to them; api — too; viśeṣeṇa — especially; pūjā — honour; kāryā — to be done; yathākramam — in due order; yathā — so that; sarvaṃ — all; suvihitaṃ — well arranged; na — not; kiṃ cit — anything; parihīyate — falls short, is neglected

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.