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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.40.11

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 40: Story of Sagara: Aṃśumat retrieves the horse. Aṃśumat recovers the horse and finds his uncles’ ashes, Garuḍa says only Gaṅgā can redeem them, Sagara completes the sacrifice but cannot bring her down

In the sequence: Aṃśumat follows the excavated passage → he respectfully questions the elephants of the quarters, who encourage him and predict success

1.40.11

taiś ca sarvair diśāpālair vākyajñair vākyakovidaiḥ
pūjitaḥ sahayaś caiva gantāsīty abhicoditaḥ

Honoured by all those guardians of the quarters, skilled and expert in speech, he was urged on with the words, “You shall go, together with the horse.”

Words: taiś — by those; ca — and; sarvair — all; diśāpālair — guardians of the quarters; vākyajñair — knowing (fitting) speech; vākyakovidaiḥ — expert in speech; pūjitaḥ — honoured; sahayaś — together with the horse; caiva — and also; gantāsīty — ‘you will go’, thus; abhicoditaḥ — urged on, encouraged

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.