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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.12.26

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

1.12.26

svayam eva hi dharmātmā prayayau muniśāsanāt
sumantras tvarito bhūtvā samānetuṃ mahīkṣitaḥ

And the righteous Sumantra himself, in haste, set out at the sage's command to bring the kings.

Words: svayam — himself; eva — indeed; hi — for; dharmātmā — the righteous one; prayayau — set out; muniśāsanāt — at the sage's command; sumantras — Sumantra; tvarito — in haste; bhūtvā — having become; samānetuṃ — to bring together; mahīkṣitaḥ — the kings

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.