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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.64.21

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 64: Bharata leaves Kekaya. The messengers conceal the crisis, his grandfather and uncle provide gifts and an escort, Bharata departs with Śatrughna

In the sequence: his grandfather equips him with wealth, elephants, horses, blankets, and attendants → his maternal uncle adds elephants, mules, and large, fierce dogs raised in the palace

2.64.21

antaḥpure 'tisaṃvṛddhān vyāghravīryabalānvitān
daṃṣṭrāyudhān mahākāyāñ śunaś copāyanaṃ dadau

And he gave as a present dogs reared within the inner apartments, endowed with the strength and valour of tigers, armed with fangs and of huge body.

Words: antaḥpure — in the inner apartments; 'tisaṃvṛddhān — very well grown, reared; vyāghravīryabalānvitān — endowed with the valour and strength of tigers; daṃṣṭrāyudhān — armed with fangs; mahākāyāñ — of huge body; śunaś — dogs; copāyanaṃ — and as a present; dadau — gave

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.