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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.20

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

2.85.20

manasā dhyāyatas tasya prāṅmukhasya kṛtāñjaleḥ
ājagmus tāni sarvāṇi daivatāni pṛthakpṛthak

As he meditated in his mind, facing east with joined palms, all those deities came, each separately.

Words: manasā — with the mind; dhyāyatas — of him meditating; tasya — his; prāṅmukhasya — of him facing east; kṛtāñjaleḥ — of him with joined palms; ājagmus — came; tāni — those; sarvāṇi — all; daivatāni — deities; pṛthakpṛthak — each separately

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.