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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.13.44

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: with the Aśvamedha completed, Daśaratha asks Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to perform the putrīyā iṣṭi for offspring → Ṛṣyaśṛṅga agrees and again promises four sons.

1.13.44

tataḥ prītamanā rājā prāpya yajñam anuttamam
pāpāpahaṃ svarnayanaṃ dustaraṃ pārthivarṣabhaiḥ

Then the king, glad at heart, having accomplished that peerless sacrifice — remover of sin, leading to heaven, hard to achieve even by the bulls among kings —

Words: tataḥ — then; prītamanā — glad at heart; rājā — the king; prāpya — having attained, accomplished; yajñam — the sacrifice; anuttamam — peerless; pāpāpahaṃ — remover of sin; svarnayanaṃ — leading to heaven; dustaraṃ — hard to achieve, hard to cross; pārthivarṣabhaiḥ — by the bulls among kings

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.