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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.66

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 find further prepared meats, rice, curds, sweets, pools of drink, bathing supplies, mirrors, combs, clothing, footwear, armor, beds, and fodder

2.85.66

pātrīṇāṃ ca sahasrāṇi śātakumbhamayāni ca
sthālyaḥ kumbhyaḥ karambhyaś ca dadhipūrṇāḥ susaṃskṛtāḥ
yauvanasthasya gaurasya kapitthasya sugandhinaḥ

and thousands of golden dishes, and cooking-pots, jars, and gruel-vessels full of well-prepared curds, and (heaps) of fresh, fair, fragrant kapittha fruit.

Words: pātrīṇāṃ — of dishes, plates; ca — and; sahasrāṇi — thousands; śātakumbhamayāni — made of gold; ca — and; sthālyaḥ — cooking-pots; kumbhyaḥ — jars; karambhyaś ca — and gruel-vessels; dadhipūrṇāḥ — full of curds; susaṃskṛtāḥ — well-prepared; yauvanasthasya — of fresh, youthful; gaurasya — fair, white; kapitthasya — of kapittha (wood-apple); sugandhinaḥ — fragrant

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.