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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.13.19

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: ritual specialists have them adorned with gold → craftsmen erect the strong, smooth, eight-sided posts

1.13.19

kāritāḥ sarva evaite śāstrajñair yajñakovidaiḥ
śobhārthaṃ tasya yajñasya kāñcanālaṃkṛtā bhavan

All these were made by men learned in scripture and skilled in sacrifice; for the beauty of that sacrifice they were adorned with gold.

Words: kāritāḥ — caused to be made; sarva — all; evaite — these very; śāstrajñair — by those learned in scripture; yajñakovidaiḥ — skilled in sacrifice; śobhārthaṃ — for the sake of beauty; tasya — of that; yajñasya — sacrifice; kāñcanālaṃkṛtā — adorned with gold; bhavan — they were

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.