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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.51.20

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 summons his dappled wish-yielding cow, Śabalā → he asks her to provide a magnificent feast with whatever each guest desires among all six tastes, including food, drink, and delicacies.

1.51.20

evam ukto mahātejā vasiṣṭho japatāṃ varaḥ
ājuhāva tataḥ prītaḥ kalmāṣīṃ dhūtakalmaṣaḥ

Thus addressed, Vasiṣṭha of great splendour, the best of those who mutter prayers, his sins shaken off, then, delighted, summoned Kalmāṣī (the dappled cow).

Words: evam ukto — thus addressed; mahātejā — of great splendour; vasiṣṭho — Vasiṣṭha; japatāṃ varaḥ — the best of those who mutter prayers; ājuhāva — summoned, called; tataḥ — then; prītaḥ — delighted; kalmāṣīṃ — Kalmāṣī (the dappled cow, i.e. Śabalā); dhūtakalmaṣaḥ — whose sins are shaken off

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.