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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.67

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

2.85.67

hradāḥ pūrṇā rasālasya dadhnaḥ śvetasya cāpare
babhūvuḥ pāyasasyānte śarkarāyāś ca saṃcayāḥ

There were lakes full of sweetened curd, and others of white curd; and beside the milk-rice were heaps of sugar.

Words: hradāḥ — lakes; pūrṇā — full; rasālasya — of rasālā (sweetened curd); dadhnaḥ — of curds; śvetasya — white; cāpare — and others; babhūvuḥ — were; pāyasasyānte — beside the milk-rice; śarkarāyāś ca — and of sugar; saṃcayāḥ — heaps

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.