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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.4.19

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 4: Kuśa & Lava perform the poem. Kuśa & Lava learn and perform the poem, their singing moves the ṛṣis and brings them before Rāma

In the sequence: encouraged, the brothers sing with still greater feeling → delighted maharṣis give them gifts, including a water pot and bark clothing

1.4.19

prītaḥ kaś cin munis tābhyāṃ saṃsthitaḥ kalaśaṃ dadau
prasanno valkalaṃ kaś cid dadau tābhyāṃ mahāyaśāḥ

Some pleased sage present there gave the two a water-pot; some illustrious one, delighted, gave them a bark-garment.

Words: prītaḥ — pleased; kaś cin — some (sage); munis — sage; tābhyāṃ — to those two; saṃsthitaḥ — present, standing by; kalaśaṃ — a water-pot; dadau — gave; prasanno — delighted, gracious; valkalaṃ — a bark-garment; kaś cid — some one; dadau — gave; tābhyāṃ — to the two; mahāyaśāḥ — the greatly illustrious

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.