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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.60.5

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: meanwhile, during King Ambarīṣa's sacrifice in Ayodhyā, Indra steals the sacrificial victim

1.60.5

etasminn eva kāle tu ayodhyādhipatir nṛpaḥ
ambarīṣa iti khyāto yaṣṭuṃ samupacakrame

At this very time, the king, lord of Ayodhyā, renowned as Ambarīṣa, set about performing a sacrifice.

Words: etasminn eva kāle — at this very time; tu — and; ayodhyādhipatir — the lord of Ayodhyā; nṛpaḥ — the king; ambarīṣa — Ambarīṣa; iti khyāto — renowned as; yaṣṭuṃ — to sacrifice; samupacakrame — set about, began

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.