Chapter 3 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 3.11

सूर्येऽभ्युदितमात्रे श्वो भविता स्वस्तिवाचनम्। ब्राहाणाश्च निमन्त्र्यन्तां कल्प्यन्तामासनानि च॥

sūrye'bhyuditamātre śvo bhavitā svastivācanam| brāhāṇāśca nimantryantāṃ kalpyantāmāsanāni ca||

English Meaning

To-morrow as soon as the sun will rise, the Svastivācana* will be finished. do you invite the Brahmanas, and prepare seats (for them.) *A religious rite, preparatory to any important ceremony, in which the Brāhmaṇas strew boiled rice on the ground, and invoke the blessings of the gods on the rites about to commence.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)