Verse 4·VR 1.12.4

ततो नृपोऽब्रवीद्वाक्यं सुमन्त्रं मन्त्रिसत्तमम् || १-१२-४ सुमंत्रावाहय क्षिप्रमृत्विजो ब्रह्मवादिनः | सुयज्ञं वामदेवं च जाबालिमथ काश्यपम् || १-१२-५ पुरोहितं वसिष्ठं च ये चान्ये द्विजसत्तमाः |

tato abraviit nR^ipaH vaakyam braahmaNaan veda paaragaan || 1-12-4sumaMtra aavaahaya kshShipram R^itvijo brahma vaadinaH |suyaj~nam vaamadevam ca jaabaalim atha kaashyapam || 1-12-5purohitam vasiShTham ca ye ca anye dvija sattamaaH |

Translation

Then King Dasharatha said to his best minister Sumantra, "Let the Vedic scholars and ritual conductors like Sages Suyajna, Vaamadeva, Jaabaali, and Kaashyapa, along with the family priest Vashishta, as well as other Vedic Brahmans that are there, they all be invited swiftly..." [1-12-4, 5, 6a]

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, 5, 6a. tataH

then

nR^ipaH

the king

mantrisattamam

to the best minister

sumantram

to Sumantra

vaakyam

these words

abraviit

said

kShipram

swiftly

brahmavaadinaH

Vedic scholars

R^itwijaH

Vedic ritual-conductors

suyaj~nam

Sage Suyajna

vaamadevam

Sage Vaamadeva

jaabaalim

Sage Jaabali

atha

and

kaashyapam

Sage Kaashyapa

purohitam

the priest

vashiSTham cha

Sage Vashishta, too

cha

further

ye cha

and those

anye

other

dwijasattamaaH

the scholarly Brahmans

aavaahaya

invite.

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Dasharatha readies to perform Ashvamedha ritual

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