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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.50.18

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

2.50.18

ayaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ samāptāṅgaḥ śṛtaḥ kṛṣṇa mṛgo yathā
devatā devasaṃkāśa yajasva kuśalo hy asi

'This black antelope, with its limbs entire, is cooked just as a black buck should be; O god-like one, worship the deities, for you are skilled in this.'

Words: ayaṃ — this; kṛṣṇaḥ — black (antelope); samāptāṅgaḥ — with limbs complete; śṛtaḥ — cooked, boiled; kṛṣṇa mṛgo — the black antelope; yathā — just as, as befits; devatā — the deities; devasaṃkāśa — O you resembling a god; yajasva — worship, make offering; kuśalo — skilled; hy asi — for you are

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.