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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.15.13

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: he carries a large golden vessel with silver edging, filled with divine pāyasa, and identifies himself as a messenger of Prajāpati

1.15.13

divyapāyasasaṃpūrṇāṃ pātrīṃ patnīm iva priyām
pragṛhya vipulāṃ dorbhyāṃ svayaṃ māyāmayīm iva

holding in both his arms a large vessel filled with divine pāyasa, dear to him as a wife, as though it were fashioned of pure magic,

Words: divyapāyasasaṃpūrṇāṃ — filled with divine pāyasa (milk-rice); pātrīṃ — a vessel, dish; patnīm — a wife; iva — like, as; priyām — dear; pragṛhya — having taken up, grasped; vipulāṃ — large, ample; dorbhyāṃ — with both arms; svayaṃ — itself, in itself; māyāmayīm — made of magic; iva — as if

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.