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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.15.23

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: the delighted King receives the vessel on his head, bows, and circles the messenger reverently → the messenger vanishes after completing his task. Daśaratha enters the joyful inner apartments and offers the pāyasa to Kausalyā

1.15.23

harṣaraśmibhir udyotaṃ tasyāntaḥpuram ābabhau
śāradasyābhirāmasya candrasyeva nabho'ṃśubhiḥ

His inner apartments, lit up with rays of joy, shone as the sky shines with the beams of the lovely autumn moon.

Words: harṣaraśmibhir — with rays of joy; udyotaṃ — lit up, illumined; tasyāntaḥpuram — his inner apartments; ābabhau — shone; śāradasyābhirāmasya — of the lovely autumn (moon); candrasyeva — as of the moon; nabho'ṃśubhiḥ — the sky, with the beams

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.