Valmiki Ramayana · Ayodhya Kanda · Sarga 6
प्रगृह्य शिरसा पात्रीं हविषो विधिवत्तदा। महते दैवतायाज्यं जुहाव ज्वलितेऽनले
pragṛhya śirasā pātrīṃ haviṣo vidhivattadā| mahate daivatāyājyaṃ juhāva jvalite'nale
Then holding the vessel containing havis on his head, he offered the oblations of clarified butter into the sacred fire for Visnu in accordance with ritual practices.
— M.N. Dutt (1891)
Commentary
Rama holds the vessel of havis (sacrificial offering) on his head and pours clarified butter into the sacred fire. The gesture is one of complete offering — he places the offering above himself, symbolising that his kingship is first a service to the divine.
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