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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.19

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 asks Soma to provide abundant foods of every kind, along with garlands, flowers, drinks, and meats. Bharadvāja completes the invocation through his tapasvin concentration, facing east with joined palms, and the summoned devatās arrive individually

2.85.19

evaṃ samādhinā yuktas tejasāpratimena ca
śikṣāsvarasamāyuktaṃ tapasā cābravīn muniḥ

Thus endowed with concentration and with matchless splendour, the sage, through his ascetic power, uttered his invocation furnished with the accents of correct recitation.

Words: evaṃ — thus; samādhinā — with concentration; yuktas — endowed; tejasāpratimena ca — and with matchless splendour; śikṣāsvarasamāyuktaṃ — furnished with the accents of recitation; tapasā — through penance; cābravīn — and spoke; muniḥ — the sage

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.