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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.13.10

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 13: Aśvamedha yajña: The horse’s return and completion of the rites. The returning horse is sacrificed with prescribed posts, a Garuḍa-shaped altar and continual hospitality, Daśaratha rewards the priests and requests the rite for sons

In the sequence: calls go out to distribute food and clothing → mountain-like heaps of cooked food appear day after day, and Daśaratha hears satisfied guests praising the meal and offering blessings

1.13.10

dīyatāṃ dīyatām annaṃ vāsāṃsi vividhāni ca
iti saṃcoditās tatra tathā cakrur anekaśaḥ

“Give, give food, and garments of every kind!” — so urged, they did so there in manifold ways.

Words: dīyatāṃ — let it be given; dīyatām — let it be given; annaṃ — food; vāsāṃsi — garments; vividhāni — of various kinds; ca — and; iti — thus; saṃcoditās — urged, incited; tatra — there; tathā — so; cakrur — did; anekaśaḥ — in manifold ways, again and again

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.