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BackAyodhya Kanda · 3.9
Valmiki Ramayana · Ayodhya Kanda · Sarga 3
सुवर्णादीनि रत्नानि बलीन् सर्वौषधीरपि।।2.3.8।। शुक्लमाल्यांश्च लाजांश्च पृथक्च मधुसर्पिषी। अहतानि च वासांसि रथं सर्वायुधान्यपि।।2.3.9।। चतुरङ्गबलं चैव गजं च शुभलक्षणम्। चामरव्यजने श्वेते ध्वजं छत्रं च पाण्डुरम्।।2.3.10।। शतं च शातकुम्भानां कुम्भानाग्निवर्चसाम्। हिरण्यशृङ्गमृषभं समग्रं व्याघ्रचर्म च।।2.3.11।। उपस्थापयत प्रातरग्न्यगारं महीपतेः।

suvarṇādīni ratnāni balīn sarvauṣadhīrapi śuklamālyāṃśca lājāṃśca pṛthakca madhusarpiṣī| ahatāni ca vāsāṃsi rathaṃ sarvāyudhānyapi caturaṅgabalaṃ caiva gajaṃ ca śubhalakṣaṇam| cāmaravyajane śvete dhvajaṃ chatraṃ ca pāṇḍuram śataṃ ca śātakumbhānāṃ kumbhānāgnivarcasām| hiraṇyaśṛṅgamṛṣabhaṃ samagraṃ vyāghracarma ca upasthāpayata prātaragnyagāraṃ mahīpateḥ|

Translation (English)

 By tomorrow early morning arrange in the place set aside for sacred fire in the king's palace gold and other metals, gems, articles of worship, also herbs, garlands of white flowers, roasted corn, honey and clarified butter in separate containers, fresh clothes, chariot, weapons of every kind, army of four divisions, an elephant possessing auspicious marks, white fans made of Yak's hair, a standard, white parasol, a hundred golden vessels shining like fire, a bull with goldplated horns and a tiger skin.

M.N. Dutt (1891)

Commentary

The instructions continue: specific metals and gems for the sacred fire. Each substance corresponds to a different cosmic principle. The verse conveys the richness and solemnity of Vedic royal consecration — nothing is ordinary in a ceremony that binds heaven and earth.

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