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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.13.21

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: draped in cloth and decorated with flowers and perfumes, they shine like the Saptarṣis in the sky

1.13.21

ācchāditās te vāsobhiḥ puṣpair gandhaiś ca bhūṣitāḥ
saptarṣayo dīptimanto virājante yathā divi

They were draped with cloths and decked with flowers and perfumes; they shone like the radiant Seven Seers (the Great Bear) in the sky.

Words: ācchāditās — draped, covered; te — they; vāsobhiḥ — with cloths; puṣpair — with flowers; gandhaiś — with perfumes; ca — and; bhūṣitāḥ — decked, adorned; saptarṣayo — the Seven Seers (Great Bear); dīptimanto — radiant; virājante — shine; yathā — as, like; divi — in the sky

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.