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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.60.13

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 60: Story of Viśvāmitra: Śunaḥśepa is bought for sacrifice. Indra steals Ambarīṣa’s sacrificial victim, the King purchases Śunaḥśepa after the boy’s parents reserve their eldest and youngest sons

In the sequence: he offers a hundred thousand cows for one son

1.60.13

gavāṃ śatasahasreṇa vikriṇīṣe sutaṃ yadi
paśor arthe mahābhāga kṛtakṛtyo 'smi bhārgava

'If you will sell a son for a hundred thousand cows, for the sake of a sacrificial victim, O illustrious one, then I shall have accomplished my purpose, O descendant of Bhṛgu.'

Words: gavāṃ — of cows; śatasahasreṇa — for a hundred thousand; vikriṇīṣe — you (would) sell; sutaṃ — a son; yadi — if; paśor arthe — for the sake of a victim; mahābhāga — O illustrious one; kṛtakṛtyo 'smi — I have accomplished my purpose; bhārgava — O descendant of Bhṛgu

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.