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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 85: Bharadvāja’s divine feast. Invoked devatās provide the army with food, drink and comforts, Bharata honours Rāma’s throne and sits as a minister

In the sequence: Bharadvāja enters the fire hall, sips water and wipes his mouth, and summons Viśvakarman, the divine architect, and Tvaṣṭṛ to make the arrangements

2.85.10

agniśālāṃ praviśyātha pītvāpaḥ parimṛjya ca
ātithyasya kriyāhetor viśvakarmāṇam āhvayat

Then, entering the fire-hall, sipping water and wiping his mouth, for the sake of performing the hospitality he summoned Viśvakarman.

Words: agniśālāṃ — the fire-hall; praviśyātha — then having entered; pītvāpaḥ — having sipped water; parimṛjya ca — and having wiped; ātithyasya — of the hospitality; kriyāhetor — for the purpose of performing; viśvakarmāṇam — Viśvakarman; āhvayat — summoned

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.