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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.15

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

2.85.15

ghṛtācīm atha viśvācīṃ miśrakeśīm alambusām
śakraṃ yāś copatiṣṭhanti brahmāṇaṃ yāś ca bhāminīḥ
sarvās tumburuṇā sārdham āhvaye saparicchadāḥ

Ghṛtācī, Viśvācī, Miśrakeśī and Alambusā, and the lovely women who attend upon Śakra and those upon Brahmā — all of them, together with Tumburu, I summon with their retinues.

Words: ghṛtācīm — Ghṛtācī; atha — and; viśvācīṃ — Viśvācī; miśrakeśīm — Miśrakeśī; alambusām — Alambusā; śakraṃ — Śakra (Indra); yāś copatiṣṭhanti — and who attend upon; brahmāṇaṃ — Brahmā; yāś ca — and who; bhāminīḥ — lovely women; sarvās — all; tumburuṇā — with Tumburu; sārdham — together; āhvaye — I summon; saparicchadāḥ — with their retinues

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.