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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.50
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: the guests are invited to drink and eat their fill; attendants bathe, massage, and serve them, while the animals receive sugarcane and honeycombs
2.85.50
utsādya snāpayanti sma nadītīreṣu valguṣu
apy ekam ekaṃ puruṣaṃ pramadāḥ satpa cāṣṭa ca
On the lovely river-banks, seven and eight women rubbed down and bathed each single man.
Words: utsādya — having rubbed down, anointed; snāpayanti sma — bathed; nadītīreṣu — on the river-banks; valguṣu — lovely; apy — even; ekam ekaṃ — each single; puruṣaṃ — man; pramadāḥ — women; satpa — seven; cāṣṭa ca — and eight
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.