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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.52.6

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

1.52.6

viśvāmitro 'pi rājarṣir hṛṣṭapuṣṭas tadābhavat
sāntaḥ puravaro rājā sabrāhmaṇapurohitaḥ

Viśvāmitra too, the royal seer, then became joyful and well-fed; the king, together with the chief ladies of his harem, with his brahmins and house-priest,

Words: viśvāmitro 'pi — Viśvāmitra too; rājarṣir — the royal seer; hṛṣṭapuṣṭas — joyful and well-fed; tadābhavat — then became; sāntaḥpuravaro — together with the chief (ladies) of his harem; rājā — the king; sabrāhmaṇapurohitaḥ — together with his brahmins and house-priest

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.