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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.51.13

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 51: Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s hospitality. Vasiṣṭha insists on hosting the whole army and asks Śabalā to provide a feast satisfying every guest’s tastes

In the sequence: Vasiṣṭha offers full hospitality to the King and his army

1.51.13

ātithyaṃ kartum icchāmi balasyāsya mahābala
tava caivāprameyasya yathārhaṃ saṃpratīccha me

'I wish to show hospitality to this army, O mighty one, and to you, the immeasurable one, as befits; accept it from me duly.'

Words: ātithyaṃ — hospitality; kartum — to do, offer; icchāmi — I wish; balasyāsya — to this army; mahābala — O mighty one; tava — to you; caivāprameyasya — and to the immeasurable one; yathārhaṃ — as is fitting; saṃpratīccha — accept fully; me — from me

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.