Chapter 76 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 76

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 76.16

तदा हुताशनं हुत्वा जेपुस्तस्य तदृत्विजः। जगुश्च ते यथाशास्त्रं तत्र सामानि सामगाः॥

tadā hutāśanaṃ hutvā jepustasya tadṛtvijaḥ| jaguśca te yathāśāstraṃ tatra sāmāni sāmagāḥ||

English Meaning

Then offering oblations into the fire, the Rtvigs began to recite japa; and as laid down in the scriptures, Sāma-singers chanted Sämans.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)