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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.17.11

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 17: Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival. Daśaratha’s four sons are born and grow devoted in pairs, Viśvāmitra arrives and receives the King’s promise to fulfil his request

In the sequence: after the eleventh day, Vasiṣṭha performs nāmakarman (name-giving) and the prescribed janmakriyādi (birth and subsequent rites)

1.17.11

atītyaikādaśāhaṃ tu nāma karma tathākarot
jyeṣṭhaṃ rāmaṃ mahātmānaṃ bharataṃ kaikayīsutam

When the eleventh day had passed, he (Vasiṣṭha) accordingly performed the naming-rite: the eldest, the great-souled Rāma; Bharata, Kaikeyī's son;

Words: atītyaikādaśāhaṃ — having passed the eleventh day; tu — and; nāma — name; karma — rite, ceremony; tathākarot — so performed; jyeṣṭhaṃ — the eldest; rāmaṃ — Rāma; mahātmānaṃ — the great-souled; bharataṃ — Bharata; kaikayīsutam — son of Kaikeyī

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.