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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.12.32

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

1.12.32

niryātu ca bhavān yaṣṭuṃ yajñāyatanam antikāt
sarvakāmair upahṛtair upetaṃ vai samantataḥ

And let your honour go forth to sacrifice, to the sacrificial enclosure close at hand, furnished on all sides with every offered requisite.”

Words: niryātu — let (him) go forth; ca — and; bhavān — your honour; yaṣṭuṃ — to sacrifice; yajñāyatanam — the sacrificial enclosure; antikāt — close at hand, nearby; sarvakāmair — with every desirable requisite; upahṛtair — brought, offered; upetaṃ — furnished, provided; vai — indeed; samantataḥ — on all sides

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.