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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.52.4

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

1.52.4

nānāsvādurasānāṃ ca ṣāḍavānāṃ tathaiva ca
bhājanāni supūrṇāni gauḍāni ca sahasraśaḥ

and thousands of well-filled vessels of various sweet-flavoured dishes, of ṣāḍava confections likewise, and of preparations made from raw sugar.

Words: nānāsvādurasānāṃ — of various sweet-flavoured (dishes); ca — and; ṣāḍavānāṃ — of ṣāḍavas (sweet-and-sour confections); tathaiva ca — and likewise too; bhājanāni — vessels; supūrṇāni — well-filled; gauḍāni ca — and preparations of raw sugar; sahasraśaḥ — by the thousands

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.