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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.71.22

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 71: Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna. Two additional matches unite all four brothers with brides, Janaka affirms shared ownership and the munis’ authority, Daśaratha performs śrāddha and godāna

In the sequence: on behalf of each son he gives a hundred thousand cows, four hundred thousand in all, each with gilded horns, a calf, and a bronze milk pail → he adds other gifts and stands among his prepared sons like Prajāpati among the guardians of the world.

1.71.22

suvarṇaśṛṅgāḥ saṃpannāḥ savatsāḥ kāṃsyadohanāḥ
gavāṃ śatasahasrāṇi catvāri puruṣarṣabhaḥ

Golden-horned, well-favoured, each with a calf and a bronze milk-pail — four hundred thousand cows (did) that bull among men (give).

Words: suvarṇaśṛṅgāḥ — golden-horned; saṃpannāḥ — well-favoured, in prime condition; savatsāḥ — each with a calf; kāṃsyadohanāḥ — with bronze milk-pails; gavāṃ — of cows; śatasahasrāṇi — hundred-thousands; catvāri — four; puruṣarṣabhaḥ — the bull among men

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.