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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.29.5

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: they give him jewelry, gifts for his wife, a decorated couch, and the elephant Śatruñjaya, which Rāma received from his maternal uncle, together with a thousand other elephants → Suyajña blesses all three travelers

2.29.5

jātarūpamayair mukhyair aṅgadaiḥ kuṇḍalaiḥ śubhaiḥ
sahema sūtrair maṇibhiḥ keyūrair valayair api

With excellent armlets of gold, with beautiful earrings, with gems together with golden cords, with bracelets and bangles too,

Words: jātarūpamayair — made of gold; mukhyair — excellent, foremost; aṅgadaiḥ — with armlets; kuṇḍalaiḥ — with earrings; śubhaiḥ — beautiful; sahema sūtrair — with golden cords; maṇibhiḥ — with gems, jewels; keyūrair — with bracelets; valayair api — and with bangles

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.