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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.34.8

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 34: Story of Gaṅgā & Umā: Himavat’s two daughters. Himavat gives Gaṅgā to the Devas for the worlds’ welfare, while Umā undertakes austerity and marries Śiva

In the sequence: they bathe, perform tarpaṇa for the pitṛs and devatās, offer agnihotra oblations and eat the havis (sacrificial food), and sit around their teacher

1.34.8

tataḥ snātvā yathānyāyaṃ saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ
hutvā caivāgnihotrāṇi prāśya cāmṛtavad dhaviḥ

Then, having bathed according to rule, gratified the ancestors and the gods, offered the fire-oblations, and partaken of the oblation-food that was like nectar,

Words: tataḥ — then; snātvā — having bathed; yathānyāyaṃ — according to rule; saṃtarpya — having gratified, satisfied; pitṛdevatāḥ — the ancestors and the deities; hutvā — having offered (in fire); caivāgnihotrāṇi — and the fire-oblations; prāśya — having partaken of, eaten; cāmṛtavad — and like nectar; dhaviḥ — the oblation, sacrificial food

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.