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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.13.8
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
1.13.8
brāhmaṇā bhuñjate nityaṃ nāthavantaś ca bhuñjate
tāpasā bhujate cāpi śramaṇā bhuñjate tathā
The brahmins ate continually, and those who had dependents ate; the ascetics too ate, and the wandering mendicants ate likewise.
Words: brāhmaṇā — the brahmins; bhuñjate — eat, ate; nityaṃ — continually; nāthavantaś — those who have dependents/protectors; ca — and; bhuñjate — ate; tāpasā — the ascetics; bhujate — ate; cāpi — and also; śramaṇā — the wandering mendicants; bhuñjate — ate; 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.