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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.51.22

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.

1.51.22

yasya yasya yathākāmaṃ ṣaḍraseṣv abhipūjitam
tat sarvaṃ kāmadhug divye abhivarṣakṛte mama

'Whatever each one desires, esteemed among the six flavours—all of that, O wish-yielding cow, produce for me in a divine outpouring.'

Words: yasya yasya — of each and every one; yathākāmaṃ — according to desire; ṣaḍraseṣv — among the six flavours; abhipūjitam — esteemed, highly valued; tat sarvaṃ — all that; kāmadhug — O wish-yielding cow (Kāmadhuk); divye — divine; abhivarṣakṛte — in the outpouring made; mama — for me, my

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.