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[Dasaratha sends Rsyasringa and the kings and to their respective places -- returns to Ayodhya with his wives--birth of Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata and Satrughna -- purificatory and naming rites -- description of their virtues and characteritics -- Viswamitra comes to meet Dasaratha]

निर्वृत्ते तु क्रतौ तस्मिन्हयमेधे महात्मन:।

प्रतिगृह्य सुरा भागान्प्रतिजग्मुर्यथागतम्।।1.18.1।।

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महात्मन: magnanimous king Dasaratha's, तस्मिन् हयमेधे when Aswamedha, क्रतौ sacrifice, निर्वृत्ते सति had been completed, सुरा: devatas, भागान् their share of Havis, प्रतिगृह्य having received, यथागतम् from wherever they came, प्रतिजग्मु: returned.

Completed by the magnanimous king (Dasaratha). The aswamedha and putreshti sacrifices, the devatas received their share of havis and returned to their respective abodes.