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[Dasaratha requests Vasishta to commence the sacrifice-- orders various people skilled in their profession to attend to the preparations--Vasishta asks Sumantra to invite kings from various countries--extends hospitality-- Dasaratha commences the sacrificial ceremony with his wives]

पुन: प्राप्ते वसन्ते तु पूर्णस्संवत्सरोऽभवत्।

प्रसवार्थं गतो यष्टुं हयमेधेन वीर्यवान्।।1.13.1।।

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पुन: again, वसन्ते in spring, प्राप्ते सति having returned, संवत्सर: one year, पूर्ण: अभवत् completed, वीर्यवान् valiant, प्रसवार्थम् for begetting sons, हयमेधेन by Horsesacrifice, यष्टुम् to worship celestial beings, गत: entered sacrificial pavilion.

After completion of one year when spring returned, the valiant king (Dasaratha) entered the sacrificial pavilion to worship celestial beings for begetting sons.