- •siva.sh/ramayana/bala-kanda/14/36पतत्रिणस्तस्य वपामुद्धृत्य नियतेन्द्रियः | ऋत्विक् परमसंपन्नः श्रपयामास शास्त्रतः || १-१४-३६patatriNastasya vapAmuddhRtya niyatendriyaH | Rtvik paramasaMpannaH zrapayAmAsa zAstrataH || 1-14-36Then the priest, one with controlled senses and rich in scriptural wealth, took up the omentum [fat] of the horse and cooked it as per scriptures while dropping into the altar of fire to bake as a food to the celestials. [1-14-36]
- •siva.sh/ramayana/bala-kanda/14/35होताध्वर्युस्तथोद्गाता हस्तेन समयोजयन् | महिष्या परिवृत्त्या च वावातामपरां तथा || १-१४-३५hotAdhvaryustathodgAtA hastena samayojayan | mahiSyA parivRttyA ca vAvAtAmaparAM tathA || 1-14-35Hota, Adhvaryu and Udgata arranged Mahishi, Parivritti, Vavaata and another woman known as Palakali to touch (keep the company of) the sacrificial horse. [1-14-35]
- •siva.sh/ramayana/bala-kanda/14/34पतत्रिणा तदा सार्धं सुस्थितेन च चेतसा | अवसद्रजनीमेकां कौसल्या धर्मकाम्यया || १-१४-३४patatriNA tadA sArdhaM susthitena ca cetasA | avasadrajanImekAM kausalyA dharmakAmyayA || 1-14-34Queen Kausalya desiring the results of ritual disconcertedly resided one night with the ritual horse. [1-14-34]
- •siva.sh/ramayana/bala-kanda/14/33कौसल्या तं हयं तत्र परिचर्य समंततः | कृपाणैर्विशशासैनं त्रिभिः परमया मुदा || १-१४-३३kausalyA taM hayaM tatra paricarya samaMtataH | kRpANairvizazAsainaM tribhiH paramayA mudA || 1-14-33Queen Kausalya with immense glee, reverently made circumambulations to the horse, and symbolically killed the horse with three scimitar. [1-14-33]
- •siva.sh/ramayana/bala-kanda/14/32पशूनां त्रिशतं तत्र यूपेषु नियतं तदा | अश्वरत्नोत्तमं तस्य राज्ञो दशरथस्य च || १-१४-३२pazUnAM trizataM tatra yUpeSu niyataM tadA | azvaratnottamaM tasya rAjJo dazarathasya ca || 1-14-32Three hundred animals were tied to the ritual posts, along with the gemlike best ritual horse of the King Dasharatha. [1-14-32]
- •siva.sh/ramayana/bala-kanda/14/31शामित्रे तु हयस्तत्र तथा जलचराश्च ये | ऋषिभिः सर्वमेवैतन्नियुक्तं शास्त्रतस्तदा || १-१४-३१zAmitre tu hayastatra tathA jalacarAzca ye | RSibhiH sarvamevaitanniyuktaM zAstratastadA || 1-14-31When the time came to sacrifice the animals, the chief priests, in accordance with tradition, tied up the horse and all the aquatic animals to the sacrificial posts. [1-14-31]
- •siva.sh/ramayana/bala-kanda/14/30नियुक्तास्तत्र पशवस्तत्तदुद्दिश्य दैवतम् | उरगाः पक्षिणश्चैव यथाशास्त्रं प्रचोदिताः || १-१४-३०niyuktAstatra pazavastattaduddizya daivatam | uragAH pakSiNazcaiva yathAzAstraM pracoditAH || 1-14-30Animals, serpents and birds were kept ready after the sashtras intended for those respective deities. [1-14-30]
- •siva.sh/ramayana/bala-kanda/14/29स चित्यो राजसिंहस्य संचितः कुशलैर्द्विजैः | गरुडो रुक्मपक्षो वै त्रिगुणोऽष्टादशात्मकः || १-१४-२९sa cityo rAjasiMhasya saMcitaH kuzalairdvijaiH | garuDo rukmapakSo vai triguNo'STAdazAtmakaH || 1-14-29That sacrificial altar of the lion among kings, (Dasharatha), erected by well-trained brahmins was in the shape of the golden winged 'Garuda' (eagle) facing in east direction, it had three ranges and thrice as many fireplaces i.e eighteen in number. [1-14-29]
- •siva.sh/ramayana/bala-kanda/14/28इष्टकाश्च यथान्यायं कारिताश्च प्रमाणतः | चितोऽग्निर्ब्राह्मणैस्तत्र कुशलैः शिल्पकर्मणि || १-१४-२८iSTakAzca yathAnyAyaM kAritAzca pramANataH | cito'gnirbrAhmaNaistatra kuzalaiH zilpakarmaNi || 1-14-28The bricks for Altar of Fire are well designed and made according to the rules and standard measurements. The Brahmans who are experts in the architecture of laying Fire Altar, by calculating the ritual field with a one-ply rope and decide where and how that shall be, the Altar of Fire is layered well with bricks in that ritual. [1-14-28]
- •siva.sh/ramayana/bala-kanda/14/27आच्छादितास्ते वासोभिः पुष्पैर्गन्धैश्च पूजिताः | सप्तर्षयो दीप्तिमन्तो विराजन्ते यथा दिवि || १-१४-२७AcchAditAste vAsobhiH puSpairgandhaizca pUjitAH | saptarSayo dIptimanto virAjante yathA divi || 1-14-27Decorated with flowers and sandal paste and covered with clothes, stood the bright sacrificial posts shining like the constellation of Seven Sages in the sky. [1-14-27]