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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.13.12

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

1.13.12

annaṃ hi vidhivat svādu praśaṃsanti dvijarṣabhāḥ
aho tṛptāḥ sma bhadraṃ te iti śuśrāva rāghavaḥ

The bulls among brahmins praised the food, duly prepared and delicious: “Ah, we are satisfied! Blessings on you!” — so the descendant of Raghu heard.

Words: annaṃ — the food; hi — indeed; vidhivat — duly prepared; svādu — delicious; praśaṃsanti — praised; dvijarṣabhāḥ — the bulls among brahmins; aho — ah!; tṛptāḥ — satisfied; sma — (marks past/emphatic); bhadraṃ — blessings, good; te — to you; iti — thus; śuśrāva — heard; rāghavaḥ — the descendant of Raghu

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.