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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.15.11
Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 15: Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa. Viṣṇu chooses Daśaratha as his father, a being emerges from the fire with divine pāyasa and the King distributes it among his wives
In the sequence: at Daśaratha's ongoing putrīyā iṣṭi, a mighty being emerges from the fire: dark-bodied, red-clad, radiant like the sun and flame, with a voice like a drum
1.15.11
śubhalakṣaṇasaṃpannaṃ divyābharaṇabhūṣitam
śailaśṛṅgasamutsedhaṃ dṛptaśārdūlavikramam
endowed with auspicious marks, adorned with divine ornaments, towering high as a mountain peak, with the stride of a proud tiger,
Words: śubhalakṣaṇasaṃpannaṃ — endowed with auspicious marks; divyābharaṇabhūṣitam — adorned with divine ornaments; śailaśṛṅgasamutsedhaṃ — towering high as a mountain peak; dṛptaśārdūlavikramam — with the stride of a proud tiger
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.