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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.15.14

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

1.15.14

samavekṣyābravīd vākyam idaṃ daśarathaṃ nṛpam
prājāpatyaṃ naraṃ viddhi mām ihābhyāgataṃ nṛpa

Gazing upon him, he spoke this word to King Daśaratha: “Know me, O king, as a man of Prajāpati, come here.

Words: samavekṣyābravīd — having gazed, he spoke; vākyam — word, speech; idaṃ — this; daśarathaṃ — to Daśaratha; nṛpam — the king; prājāpatyaṃ — belonging to Prajāpati; naraṃ — man; viddhi — know; mām — me; ihābhyāgataṃ — come here; nṛpa — O king

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.