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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.17.12

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)

1.17.12

saumitriṃ lakṣmaṇam iti śatrughnam aparaṃ tathā
vasiṣṭhaḥ paramaprīto nāmāni kṛtavāṃs tadā
teṣāṃ janmakriyādīni sarvakarmāṇy akārayat

Saumitri as Lakṣmaṇa, and the other likewise as Śatrughna — thus Vasiṣṭha, greatly delighted, then made their names; and he had all their rites performed, beginning with the birth-ceremony.

Words: saumitriṃ — Saumitri (son of Sumitrā); lakṣmaṇam — as Lakṣmaṇa; iti — thus, so-called; śatrughnam — as Śatrughna; aparaṃ — the other; tathā — likewise; vasiṣṭhaḥ — Vasiṣṭha; paramaprīto — greatly delighted; nāmāni — names; kṛtavāṃs — made; tadā — then; teṣāṃ — of them; janmakriyādīni — the rites beginning with the birth-ceremony; sarvakarmāṇy — all the rites; akārayat — had performed, caused to be done

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.