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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.13.35

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

1.13.35

jyotiṣṭomāyuṣī caiva atirātrau ca nirmitau
abhijid viśvajic caiva aptoryāmo mahākratuḥ

And the Jyotiṣṭoma and the Āyus, and two Atirātras, were performed; and the Abhijit and the Viśvajit, and the Aptoryāma, that great rite.

Words: jyotiṣṭomāyuṣī — the Jyotiṣṭoma and the Āyus (two rites); caiva — and; atirātrau — two Atirātras; ca — and; nirmitau — performed, made (two); abhijid — the Abhijit; viśvajic — the Viśvajit; caiva — and; aptoryāmo — the Aptoryāma; mahākratuḥ — the great rite

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.