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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.60

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: servants and soldiers receive fresh clothing, the animals are fed, and no one remains hungry or dirty

2.85.60

kuñjarāś ca kharoṣṭraś ca go'śvāś ca mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ
babhūvuḥ subhṛtās tatra nānyo hy anyam akalpayat

Elephants, donkeys and camels, cattle and horses, beasts and birds — all became well-fed there, and no one troubled another.

Words: kuñjarāś ca — and elephants; kharoṣṭraś ca — and donkeys and camels; go'śvāś ca — and cattle and horses; mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ — beasts and birds; babhūvuḥ — became; subhṛtās — well-fed; tatra — there; nānyo — and no one; hy — indeed; anyam — another; akalpayat — troubled, harmed

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.