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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.29.9

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

2.29.9

nāgaḥ śatruṃ jayo nāma mātulo yaṃ dadau mama
taṃ te gajasahasreṇa dadāmi dvijapuṃgava

There is an elephant named Śatruñjaya (conqueror of foes), whom my maternal uncle gave to me; that one I give to you, along with a thousand elephants, O bull among the twice-born.

Words: nāgaḥ — an elephant; śatruṃ jayo nāma — named Śatruñjaya ('conqueror of the foe'); mātulo — maternal uncle; yaṃ — whom; dadau — gave; mama — to me; taṃ — that (one); te — to you; gajasahasreṇa — with a thousand elephants; dadāmi — I give; dvijapuṃgava — O bull among the twice-born

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.