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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.60.6

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

1.60.6

tasya vai yajamānasya paśum indro jahāra ha
pranaṣṭe tu paśau vipro rājānam idam abravīt

But as he was sacrificing, Indra carried off the sacrificial victim; and when the victim was lost, the brahmin said this to the king:

Words: tasya — his; vai — indeed; yajamānasya — of (him) sacrificing; paśum — the sacrificial victim; indro — Indra; jahāra — carried off, stole; ha — indeed; pranaṣṭe tu paśau — but when the victim was lost (loc. abs.); vipro — the brahmin; rājānam — to the king; idam — this; abravīt — said

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.