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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.12.25

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: Sumantra sends trusted envoys and goes himself to fetch the designated Kings

1.12.25

vasiṣṭhavākyaṃ tac chrutvā sumantras tvaritas tadā
vyādiśat puruṣāṃs tatra rājñām ānayane śubhān

Hearing that speech of Vasiṣṭha, Sumantra then, in haste, dispatched trusty men there for the fetching of the kings.

Words: vasiṣṭhavākyaṃ — the speech of Vasiṣṭha; tac — that; chrutvā — having heard; sumantras — Sumantra; tvaritas — in haste; tadā — then; vyādiśat — dispatched, directed; puruṣāṃs — men; tatra — there; rājñām — of the kings; ānayane — for the fetching; śubhān — trusty, good

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.