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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.29.20
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 29: Rāma’s gifts and Trijaṭa’s staff. Rāma & Sītā distribute wealth, the poor Trijaṭa receives the cattle encompassed by his staff’s throw
In the sequence: the treasury's contents are brought out for further distribution to brāhmaṇas and people in need
2.29.20
ity uktvā duḥkhitaṃ sarvaṃ janaṃ tam upajīvinam
uvācedaṃ dhanadhyakṣaṃ dhanam ānīyatām iti
tato 'sya dhanam ājahruḥ sarvam evopajīvinaḥ
Having said this to all those grieving dependant people, he said this to the treasurer: “Let the wealth be brought.” Then all the dependants brought his wealth.
Words: ity uktvā — having spoken thus; duḥkhitaṃ — grieving; sarvaṃ — all; janaṃ — people; tam — that; upajīvinam — dependant; uvācedaṃ — said this; dhanadhyakṣaṃ — to the treasurer; dhanam — the wealth; ānīyatām — let it be brought; iti — thus; tato — then; 'sya — his; dhanam — the wealth; ājahruḥ — brought; sarvam — all; evopajīvinaḥ — indeed the dependants
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.