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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.40

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: women sent by Brahmā and Kubera arrive, along with apsarases from Nandana; gandharvas including Nārada and Tumburu sing, and apsarases dance before Bharata

2.85.40

tenaiva ca muhūrtena divyābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ
āgur viṃśatisāhasrā brāhmaṇā prahitāḥ striyaḥ

And within that same moment twenty thousand women, adorned with divine ornaments, sent by Brahmā, arrived.

Words: tenaiva — by that very; ca — and; muhūrtena — moment; divyābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ — adorned with divine ornaments; āgur — came; viṃśatisāhasrā — twenty thousand; brāhmaṇā — sent by Brahmā; prahitāḥ — sent; striyaḥ — women

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.