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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.50.19

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

2.50.19

rāmaḥ snātvā tu niyato guṇavāñ japyakovidaḥ
pāpasaṃśamanaṃ rāmaś cakāra balim uttamam

Rāma—virtuous, self-restrained, and skilled in muttered prayer—having bathed, performed an excellent offering to allay all evil.

Words: rāmaḥ — Rāma; snātvā — having bathed; tu — and; niyato — self-restrained; guṇavāñ — virtuous; japyakovidaḥ — skilled in muttered prayer; pāpasaṃśamanaṃ — allaying evil; rāmaś — Rāma; cakāra — performed, made; balim — offering, oblation; uttamam — excellent, supreme

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.