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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.6.7

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 6: Worship before the abhiṣeka. Rāma worships Nārāyaṇa with Sītā, offers havis and eats its remainder, they sleep on kuśa as Ayodhyā celebrates

In the sequence: before dawn he rises, arranges decorations, performs his morning worship, and has brāhmaṇas pronounce blessings as music fills the city

2.6.7

tuṣṭāva praṇataś caiva śirasā madhusūdanam
vimalakṣaumasaṃvīto vācayām āsa ca dvijān

Bowing his head, he praised Madhusūdana; and clad in spotless silk, he had the brahmins recite benedictions.

Words: tuṣṭāva — praised; praṇataś — bowed; caiva — and indeed; śirasā — with his head; madhusūdanam — Madhusūdana (slayer of Madhu, Viṣṇu); vimalakṣaumasaṃvīto — clad in spotless silk; vācayām āsa — had (them) recite; ca — and; dvijān — the brahmins

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.