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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.12.9

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: Vasiṣṭha calls the ritual specialists, builders, carpenters, diggers, accountants, craftspeople, and performers → he orders many thousands of bricks brought and comfortable lodgings built for Kings, brāhmaṇas, townspeople, and country visitors, with abundant food and drink

1.12.9

aupakāryāḥ kriyantāṃ ca rājñāṃ bahuguṇānvitāḥ
brāhmaṇāvasathāś caiva kartavyāḥ śataśaḥ śubhāḥ

“And let pavilions for the kings be made, furnished with many comforts; and fine lodgings for the brahmins are to be built by the hundreds,

Words: aupakāryāḥ — pavilions, guest-quarters; kriyantāṃ — let them be made; ca — and; rājñāṃ — for the kings; bahuguṇānvitāḥ — furnished with many comforts; brāhmaṇāvasathāś — lodgings for the brahmins; caiva — and; kartavyāḥ — to be made; śataśaḥ — by the hundreds; śubhāḥ — fine, auspicious

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.