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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.52.3

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: Śabalā produces sugarcane, sweet drinks and liquors, parched grain, steaming mountains of rice, broths, curds, sweets, and countless filled vessels → the entire army is satisfied, along with the King, his Queens, priests, ministers, and servants

1.52.3

uṣṇāḍhyasyaudanasyāpi rāśayaḥ parvatopamāḥ
mṛṣṭānnāni ca sūpāś ca dadhikulyās tathaiva ca

heaps of steaming, rich boiled rice like mountains, delicate foods and broths, and streams of curds as well—

Words: uṣṇāḍhyasyaudanasyāpi — of steaming rich boiled rice too; rāśayaḥ — heaps; parvatopamāḥ — like mountains; mṛṣṭānnāni ca — and delicate foods; sūpāś ca — and broths, soups; dadhikulyās — streams of curds; tathaiva ca — and likewise too

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.