Chapter 13 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 13

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 13.13

ततः सर्वे समागम्य वसिष्ठमिदमब्रुवन्। यथेष्ठं तत् सुविहितं न किंचित् परिहीयते॥ यथोक्तं तत् करिष्यामो न किंचित् परिहास्यते। ततः सुमन्त्रमाहूय वसिष्ठो वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥ निमन्त्रयस्व नृपतीन् पृथिव्यां ये च धार्मिकाः। ब्राह्मणान् क्षत्रियान् वैश्याशूद्रांश्चैव सहस्रशः॥

tataḥ sarve samāgamya vasiṣṭhamidamabruvan| yatheṣṭhaṃ tat suvihitaṃ na kiṃcit parihīyate|| yathoktaṃ tat kariṣyāmo na kiṃcit parihāsyate| tataḥ sumantramāhūya vasiṣṭho vākyamabravīt|| nimantrayasva nṛpatīn pṛthivyāṃ ye ca dhārmikāḥ| brāhmaṇān kṣatriyān vaiśyāśūdrāṃścaiva sahasraśaḥ||

English Meaning

Then they approached Vasistha, saying, Everything has been performed properly, without anything being left out. And what you say shall be performed, and nothing words, Do you invite all those kings that are pious, and Brāhmaṇas, and Kșatriyas and Sūdras, by thousands. And do you with due honours bring people from all countries.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)