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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.52.23

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 52: Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā’s feast and the rejected purchase. Śabalā feeds the entire company, Viśvāmitra offers escalating wealth to purchase her and Vasiṣṭha refuses to surrender the source of his ritual sustenance

In the sequence: Vasiṣṭha again refuses: Śabalā is his wealth, life, and the foundation of all his rites.

1.52.23

darśaś ca pūrṇamāsaś ca yajñāś caivāptadakṣiṇāḥ
etad eva hi me rājan vividhāś ca kriyās tathā

'the new-moon and full-moon sacrifices, and the sacrifices with their due fees, and the manifold rites—all this, O king, is (dependent) on her for me.'

Words: darśaś ca — and the new-moon sacrifice; pūrṇamāsaś ca — and the full-moon sacrifice; yajñāś — the sacrifices; caivāptadakṣiṇāḥ — and those with due fees; etad eva hi — this alone indeed; me — for me; rājan — O king; vividhāś ca — and manifold; kriyās — rites; tathā — likewise

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.