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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.10.19

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: after seven or eight days, Daśaratha requests that Śāntā and her husband accompany him for an important undertaking → Romapāda consents, and Ṛṣyaśṛṅga agrees to go. The Kings embrace and take leave

1.10.19

śāntā tava sutā rājan saha bhartrā viśāmpate
madīyaṃ nagaraṃ yātu kāryaṃ hi mahad udyatam

“Śāntā, your daughter, O king, O lord of peoples — let her go with her husband to my city, for a great task is at hand.”

Words: śāntā — Śāntā; tava — your; sutā — daughter; rājan — O king; saha — with; bhartrā — her husband; viśāmpate — O lord of peoples; madīyaṃ — my; nagaraṃ — city; yātu — let (her) go; kāryaṃ — a task, business; hi — for, indeed; mahad — great; udyatam — is at hand, undertaken

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.