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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.12.30

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 Kings arrive bearing jewels → Vasiṣṭha reports that the guests have been honored and the arrangements completed

1.12.30

tato vasiṣṭhaḥ suprīto rājānam idam abravīt
upayātā naravyāghra rājānas tava śāsanāt

Then Vasiṣṭha, well pleased, said this to the king: “The kings have arrived, O tiger among men, at your command.

Words: tato — then; vasiṣṭhaḥ — Vasiṣṭha; suprīto — well pleased; rājānam — to the king; idam — this; abravīt — said; upayātā — have arrived; naravyāghra — O tiger among men; rājānas — the kings; tava — your; śāsanāt — at the command

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.