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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.29.22

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: Trijaṭa, a poor brāhmaṇa supporting many children by gathering food in the forest, asks for help → Rāma playfully offers him as many cows as the distance of his staff-throw will encompass

2.29.22

tatrāsīt piṅgalo gārgyas trijaṭo nāma vai dvijaḥ
ā pañcamāyāḥ kakṣyāyā nainaṃ kaś cid avārayat

There was a tawny-eyed brahmin of the Gārgya line named Trijaṭa; up to the fifth court no one stopped him.

Words: tatrāsīt — there was; piṅgalo — tawny(-eyed), reddish-brown; gārgyas — of the Gārgya line; trijaṭo nāma — named Trijaṭa; vai — indeed; dvijaḥ — a brahmin; ā pañcamāyāḥ — up to the fifth; kakṣyāyā — of the court, enclosure; nainaṃ — not him; kaś cid — anyone; avārayat — stopped, hindered

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.