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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.10.17

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: the visitors exchange honors, and Romapāda explains the friendship and family connection

1.10.17

romapādena cākhyātam ṛṣiputrāya dhīmate
sakhyaṃ saṃbandhakaṃ caiva tadā taṃ pratyapūjayat

And when the friendship and the kinship had been declared by Romapāda to the wise seer's son, he then honoured him (the king) in return.

Words: romapādena — by Romapāda; cākhyātam — and was declared; ṛṣiputrāya — to the seer's son; dhīmate — to the wise one; sakhyaṃ — the friendship; saṃbandhakaṃ — the kinship, connection; caiva — and; tadā — then; taṃ — him; pratyapūjayat — honoured in return

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.