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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.13.42

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

1.13.42

ṛtvijas tu tataḥ sarve pradaduḥ sahitā vasu
ṛṣyaśṛṅgāya munaye vasiṣṭhāya ca dhīmate

Then all the officiating priests together gave that wealth to the sage Ṛṣyaśṛṅga and to the wise Vasiṣṭha.

Words: ṛtvijas — the officiating priests; tu — and; tataḥ — then; sarve — all; pradaduḥ — gave; sahitā — together; vasu — wealth; ṛṣyaśṛṅgāya — to Ṛṣyaśṛṅga; munaye — to the sage; vasiṣṭhāya — to Vasiṣṭha; ca — and; dhīmate — to the wise one

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.