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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.52
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
2.85.52
hayān gajān kharān uṣṭrāṃs tathaiva surabheḥ sutān
ikṣūṃś ca madhujālāṃś ca bhojayanti sma vāhanān
ikṣvākuvarayodhānāṃ codayanto mahābalāḥ
The mighty ones, urging them on, fed the mounts of the excellent warriors of the Ikṣvākus — horses, elephants, donkeys and camels, and likewise the offspring of Surabhi — with sugarcane and honeycombs.
Words: hayān — horses; gajān — elephants; kharān — donkeys; uṣṭrāṃs — camels; tathaiva — likewise; surabheḥ — of Surabhi (the cow of plenty); sutān — the offspring (oxen); ikṣūṃś ca — and sugarcane; madhujālāṃś ca — and honeycombs; bhojayanti sma — fed; vāhanān — the mounts; ikṣvākuvarayodhānāṃ — of the excellent warriors of the Ikṣvākus; codayanto — urging on; mahābalāḥ — the mighty ones
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.