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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.60.22

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: Ambarīṣa pays, places the boy in his chariot, and leaves swiftly.

1.60.22

ambarīṣas tu rājarṣī ratham āropya satvaraḥ
śunaḥśepaṃ mahātejā jagāmāśu mahāyaśāḥ

But Ambarīṣa, the royal seer of great splendour and great fame, having quickly placed Śunaḥśepa on his chariot, went swiftly on.

Words: ambarīṣas — Ambarīṣa; tu — but; rājarṣī — the royal seer; ratham — the chariot; āropya — having placed (him) upon, mounted; satvaraḥ — quick, in haste; śunaḥśepaṃ — Śunaḥśepa; mahātejā — of great splendour; jagāmāśu — went swiftly; mahāyaśāḥ — of great fame

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.