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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.50.17
Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 50: The Citrakūṭa hut and its rites. Lakṣmaṇa builds and roasts a black antelope, Rāma bathes and makes a protective offering before they enter
In the sequence: once the meat is cooked, Rāma bathes and performs the protective offering
2.50.17
taṃ tu pakvaṃ samājñāya niṣṭaptaṃ chinnaśoṇitam
lakṣmaṇaḥ puruṣavyāghram atha rāghavam abravīt
When he perceived it cooked through, thoroughly roasted, its blood drained away, Lakṣmaṇa then said to Rāghava, the tiger among men:
Words: taṃ — it; tu — and, now; pakvaṃ — cooked, done; samājñāya — having ascertained, perceived; niṣṭaptaṃ — thoroughly roasted, well-heated; chinnaśoṇitam — with its blood drained; lakṣmaṇaḥ — Lakṣmaṇa; puruṣavyāghram — the tiger among men; atha — then; rāghavam — to Rāghava; abravīt — spoke
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.