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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.13.27

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: composed and intent on dharma, she spends one night beside the horse, called the “winged one,” patatrin

1.13.27

patatriṇā tadā sārdhaṃ susthitena ca cetasā
avasad rajanīm ekāṃ kausalyā dharmakāmyayā

Then, with a well-composed mind, Kausalyā spent one night beside the winged one (the horse), out of desire for dharma.

Words: patatriṇā — with the winged one (the horse); tadā — then; sārdhaṃ — together with; susthitena — well-composed; ca — and; cetasā — with mind; avasad — spent, dwelt; rajanīm — the night; ekāṃ — one; kausalyā — Kausalyā; dharmakāmyayā — out of desire for dharma

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.