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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.13.9

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

1.13.9

vṛddhāś ca vyādhitāś caiva striyo bālās tathaiva ca
aniśaṃ bhuñjamānānāṃ na tṛptir upalabhyate

And the aged and the sick, and women and children likewise — of those eating day and night, no lack of plenty was found.

Words: vṛddhāś — the aged; ca — and; vyādhitāś — the sick; caiva — and; striyo — women; bālās — children; tathaiva — likewise; ca — and; aniśaṃ — day and night, incessantly; bhuñjamānānāṃ — of those eating; na — not; tṛptir — satiety, being filled to the full; upalabhyate — was found, obtained

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.