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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.60.9

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 searches widely, offering thousands of cows, until he finds Ṛcīka at Bhṛgutunda with his wife and sons

1.60.9

upādhyāya vacaḥ śrutvā sa rājā puruṣarṣabha
anviyeṣa mahābuddhiḥ paśuṃ gobhiḥ sahasraśaḥ

Having heard the teacher's word, that king of great wisdom, O bull among men, sought a victim, offering cows by the thousands.

Words: upādhyāya vacaḥ — the teacher's word; śrutvā — having heard; sa rājā — that king; puruṣarṣabha — O bull among men; anviyeṣa — sought, searched for; mahābuddhiḥ — of great wisdom; paśuṃ — a victim; gobhiḥ — with cows; sahasraśaḥ — by the thousands

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.