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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.14

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: he summons the gandharvas Viśvāvasu, Hāhā, and Hūhū, the apsarases and gandharva women, and the attendants of Indra and Brahmā together with Tumburu and their retinues

2.85.14

āhvaye devagandharvān viśvāvasuhahāhuhūn
tathaivāpsaraso devīr gandharvīś cāpi sarvaśaḥ

I summon the divine gandharvas — Viśvāvasu, Hāhā, and Hūhū — and likewise the divine apsarases and the gandharva women too, all of them.

Words: āhvaye — I summon; devagandharvān — the divine gandharvas; viśvāvasuhahāhuhūn — Viśvāvasu, Hāhā and Hūhū; tathaivāpsaraso — and likewise the apsarases; devīr — divine (women); gandharvīś cāpi — and the gandharva women too; sarvaśaḥ — all

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.