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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.13.7
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: no one goes hungry: brāhmaṇas, householders with dependents, tapasvins, śramaṇas (wandering renunciants), the aged, the sick, women, and children are fed continually
1.13.7
na teṣv ahaḥsu śrānto vā kṣudhito vāpi dṛśyate
nāvidvān brāhmaṇas tatra nāśatānucaras tathā
On those days no one weary or hungry was to be seen; nor was there any unlearned brahmin there, nor one attended by fewer than a hundred followers.
Words: na — not; teṣv — on those; ahaḥsu — days; śrānto — weary; vā — or; kṣudhito — hungry; vāpi — or even; dṛśyate — was seen; nāvidvān — nor one unlearned; brāhmaṇas — brahmin; tatra — there; nāśatānucaras — nor one attended by fewer than a hundred; tathā — likewise
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.