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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.13.43

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

1.13.43

tatas te nyāyataḥ kṛtvā pravibhāgaṃ dvijottamāḥ
suprītamanasaḥ sarve pratyūcur muditā bhṛśam

Then those best of brahmins, having duly made the division, all glad at heart and greatly delighted, replied:

Words: tatas — then; te — they; nyāyataḥ — duly; kṛtvā — having made; pravibhāgaṃ — the division, distribution; dvijottamāḥ — the best of brahmins; suprītamanasaḥ — glad at heart; sarve — all; pratyūcur — replied; muditā — glad, joyful; bhṛśam — greatly, exceedingly

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.