Chapter 6 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 6

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 6.2

प्रगृह्य शिरसा पात्री हविषो विधिवत् ततः। महते दैवतायाज्यं जुहाव ज्वलितानले॥

pragṛhya śirasā pātrī haviṣo vidhivat tataḥ| mahate daivatāyājyaṃ juhāva jvalitānale||

English Meaning

Then raising the vessel of clarified butter to his head (by way of paying reverence), he in accordance with the ordinance began to offer oblations to the flaming fire on behalf of that mighty deity.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)