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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.13.28

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: the hotṛ, adhvaryu and udgātṛ ṛtvijs ritually unite the horse with the three named Queenly roles: the chief Queen, the discarded Queen, and the favorite wife

1.13.28

hotādhvaryus tathodgātā hayena samayojayan
mahiṣyā parivṛtthyātha vāvātām aparāṃ tathā

The hotṛ, the adhvaryu, and the udgātṛ united (the queens) with the horse — the chief queen, the discarded queen, and likewise the other, the favourite wife.

Words: hotādhvaryus — the hotṛ and the adhvaryu; tathodgātā — and likewise the udgātṛ; hayena — with the horse; samayojayan — united, joined (the queens); mahiṣyā — the chief queen (mahiṣī); parivṛtthyātha — and the discarded queen (parivṛktī), then; vāvātām — the favourite wife (vāvātā); aparāṃ — the other; tathā — likewise

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.