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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.13.41

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: he gives a million cows, ten crores of gold, and four times that amount of silver → the wealth passes to Ṛṣyaśṛṅga and Vasiṣṭha for distribution

1.13.41

gavāṃ śatasahasrāṇi daśa tebhyo dadau nṛpaḥ
daśakoṭiṃ suvarṇasya rajatasya caturguṇam

The king gave them ten hundred-thousands of cows, ten crores of gold, and four times that of silver.

Words: gavāṃ — of cows; śatasahasrāṇi — hundred-thousands; daśa — ten; tebhyo — to them; dadau — gave; nṛpaḥ — the king; daśakoṭiṃ — ten crores; suvarṇasya — of gold; rajatasya — of silver; caturguṇam — four times, fourfold

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.