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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.14.4

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 14: Putrakāmeṣṭi and Viṣṇu’s promised human birth. Ṛṣyaśṛṅga begins the putrīyā iṣṭi, the Devas ask Viṣṇu to take human birth because Rāvaṇa’s protection excludes humans

In the sequence: the Devas, gandharvas, siddhas, and paramarṣis assemble to receive their shares

1.14.4

tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ siddhāś ca paramarṣayaḥ
bhāgapratigrahārthaṃ vai samavetā yathāvidhi

Then the gods with the gandharvas, and the siddhas and the supreme seers, assembled duly to receive their shares.

Words: tato — then; devāḥ — the gods; sagandharvāḥ — with the gandharvas; siddhāś — the siddhas; ca — and; paramarṣayaḥ — the supreme seers; bhāgapratigrahārthaṃ — to receive their shares; vai — indeed; samavetā — assembled; yathāvidhi — duly

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.