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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.13.36

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

1.13.36

prācīṃ hotre dadau rājā diśaṃ svakulavardhanaḥ
adhvaryave pratīcīṃ tu brahmaṇe dakṣiṇāṃ diśam

The king, augmenter of his line, gave the eastern quarter to the hotṛ, the western to the adhvaryu, and the southern quarter to the brahman-priest,

Words: prācīṃ — the eastern; hotre — to the hotṛ; dadau — gave; rājā — the king; diśaṃ — quarter, direction; svakulavardhanaḥ — augmenter of his own line; adhvaryave — to the adhvaryu; pratīcīṃ — the western; tu — and; brahmaṇe — to the brahman-priest; dakṣiṇāṃ — the southern; diśam — quarter

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.