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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.13.34

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: it identifies the three-day sequence as Catuṣṭoma, Ukthya, and Atirātra, followed in its description by the associated Jyotiṣṭoma, Āyus, two Atirātras, Abhijit, Viśvajit, and Aptoryāma rites. Daśaratha grants the eastern quarter to the hotṛ, the west to the adhvaryu, the south to the brahman (supervising ṛtvij), and the north to the udgātṛ

1.13.34

ukthyaṃ dvitīyaṃ saṃkhyātam atirātraṃ tathottaram
kāritās tatra bahavo vihitāḥ śāstradarśanāt

The second is reckoned the Ukthya, and the last the Atirātra; many (rites) prescribed by the precept of scripture were performed there.

Words: ukthyaṃ — the Ukthya (a soma rite); dvitīyaṃ — second; saṃkhyātam — reckoned; atirātraṃ — the Atirātra (an overnight soma rite); tathottaram — and the last; kāritās — caused to be performed; tatra — there; bahavo — many; vihitāḥ — prescribed, ordained; śāstradarśanāt — by the precept of scripture

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.