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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.10.12

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 advises Daśaratha to fetch Ṛṣyaśṛṅga personally

1.10.12

sa tvaṃ puruṣaśārdūla tam ānaya susatkṛtam
svayam eva mahārāja gatvā sabalavāhanaḥ

So you, O tiger among men, go yourself, O great king, with your army and mounts, and bring him, well honoured.

Words: sa — so, that (you); tvaṃ — you; puruṣaśārdūla — O tiger among men; tam — him; ānaya — bring; susatkṛtam — well honoured; svayam — yourself; eva — indeed; mahārāja — O great king; gatvā — having gone; sabalavāhanaḥ — with army and mounts

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.