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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.15.25
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 gives Kausalyā half of the whole (1/2) → he gives Sumitrā half of the remaining half (1/4)
1.15.25
kausalyāyai narapatiḥ pāyasārdhaṃ dadau tadā
ardhād ardhaṃ dadau cāpi sumitrāyai narādhipaḥ
The king then gave half the pāyasa to Kausalyā; and the king gave half of that (remaining) half to Sumitrā.
Words: kausalyāyai — to Kausalyā; narapatiḥ — the king; pāyasārdhaṃ — half the pāyasa; dadau — gave; tadā — then; ardhād — of the half; ardhaṃ — half; dadau — gave; cāpi — and also; sumitrāyai — to Sumitrā; narādhipaḥ — the 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.