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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.13.6

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 13: The abhiṣeka awaits Daśaratha. Priests and dignitaries gather with the sacred waters, the King fails to appear and Sumantra is sent for Rāma

In the sequence: sacred waters, including water from the Gaṅgā–Yamunā confluence, are gathered with the offerings; the throne, tiger skin, white parasol, fan, ceremonial animals, maidens, and musicians are ready

2.13.6

prāgvāhāś cordhvavāhāś ca tiryagvāhāḥ samāhitāḥ
tābhyaś caivāhṛtaṃ toyaṃ samudrebhyaś ca sarvaśaḥ

those flowing eastward, those flowing upward, and those flowing crosswise, duly gathered—from these, and from the oceans on every side, water too was brought.

Words: prāgvāhāś — flowing eastward; cordhvavāhāś — and flowing upward; ca — and; tiryagvāhāḥ — flowing crosswise; samāhitāḥ — duly gathered, collected; tābhyaś — from those (rivers); caivāhṛtaṃ — and (was) brought; toyaṃ — water; samudrebhyaś — from the oceans; ca — and; sarvaśaḥ — on every side, from all

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.