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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.10.11

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 10: Daśaratha brings Ṛṣyaśṛṅga to Ayodhyā. Daśaratha visits Romapāda in Aṅga, asks for Ṛṣyaśṛṅga’s help with the sacrifice and brings the ṛṣi & Śāntā to Ayodhyā

In the sequence: Sumantra continues Sanatkumāra's prophecy: Daśaratha will ask his friend Romapāda to send Śāntā's husband to perform a sacrifice for the continuation of his line → Ṛṣyaśṛṅga will agree, and four renowned sons will be born

1.10.11

evaṃ sa devapravaraḥ pūrvaṃ kathitavān kathām
sanatkumāro bhagavān purā devayuge prabhuḥ

Thus that foremost of gods, the venerable lord Sanatkumāra, told the tale of old, long ago in the age of the gods.

Words: evaṃ — thus; sa — that; devapravaraḥ — the foremost of gods; pūrvaṃ — formerly; kathitavān — told, related; kathām — the tale; sanatkumāro — Sanatkumāra; bhagavān — the venerable; purā — of old, long ago; devayuge — in the age of the gods; prabhuḥ — the lord

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.