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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.12.27

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: the workers report their preparations, and Vasiṣṭha repeats the obligation to give without contempt

1.12.27

te ca karmāntikāḥ sarve vasiṣṭhāya ca dhīmate
sarvaṃ nivedayanti sma yajñe yad upakalpitam

And all those workmen reported to the wise Vasiṣṭha everything that had been made ready for the sacrifice.

Words: te — those; ca — and; karmāntikāḥ — the workmen, labourers; sarve — all; vasiṣṭhāya — to Vasiṣṭha; ca — and; dhīmate — to the wise one; sarvaṃ — everything; nivedayanti — reported; sma — (marks past sense); yajñe — for the sacrifice; yad — which; upakalpitam — made ready, prepared

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.