Under these proper arrangements the horsesacrifice commenced. Lakşmaņa engaged in looking after the sacrificial horse. In this wise Rama, a lion among the kings, undertook the celebration of the horse-sacrifice. And in that Aśvamedha of Rama presents were given to people as long as they were not satisfied. There was no other sound audible at that time save that of 'Give! Give!!. In sooth at the horse-sacrifice of the high-souled Rāma, to their fullest satisfaction, sweets and other things were distributed to people.
एवं सुविहितो यज्ञो ह्यश्वमेधो ह्यवर्तत। लक्ष्मणेन सुगुप्ता सा हयचर्या प्रवर्तत।९॥ ईदृशं राजसिंहस्य यज्ञप्रवरमुत्तमम्। नान्यः शब्दोऽभवत्तत्र हयमेधे महात्मनः॥ छन्दतो देहि विस्रब्धो यावत्तुष्यन्ति याचकाः। तावत्सर्वाणि दत्तानि क्रतुमुख्ये महात्मनः॥ विविधानि च गौडानि खाण्डवानि तथैव च।