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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.13.6

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: The account resumes the sacrifice with the horse's return after its year abroad → on the northern Sarayū bank, the ṛtvijs led by Ṛṣyaśṛṅga conduct the pravargya and upasad rites, the prātaḥsavana (morning Soma pressing), and the prescribed offerings without omission

1.13.6

na cāhutam abhūt tatra skhalitaṃ vāpi kiṃ cana
dṛśyate brahmavat sarvaṃ kṣemayuktaṃ hi cakrire

Nothing there went un-offered, nor was there any slip whatsoever; everything appeared conformable to the Veda, for they performed it in a manner free of flaw.

Words: na — not; cāhutam — and un-offered; abhūt — was; tatra — there; skhalitaṃ — a slip, lapse; vāpi — or even; kiṃ cana — any whatsoever; dṛśyate — appeared, was seen; brahmavat — conformable to the Veda; sarvaṃ — all; kṣemayuktaṃ — free of flaw, secure; hi — for; cakrire — they performed

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.