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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.40.21

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: Garuḍa tells Aṃśumat to take the horse back and complete Sagara's sacrifice

1.40.21

gaccha cāśvaṃ mahābhāga saṃgṛhya puruṣarṣabha
yajñaṃ paitāmahaṃ vīra nirvartayitum arhasi

Go then, O illustrious one, taking the horse, O bull among men; you should, O hero, bring your grandfather's sacrifice to completion.”

Words: gaccha — go; cāśvaṃ — and the horse; mahābhāga — O illustrious one; saṃgṛhya — having taken, seized; puruṣarṣabha — O bull among men; yajñaṃ — the sacrifice; paitāmahaṃ — of the grandfather; vīra — O hero; nirvartayitum — to bring to completion, accomplish; arhasi — you ought

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.