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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.10.20

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

1.10.20

tatheti rājā saṃśrutya gamanaṃ tasya dhīmataḥ
uvāca vacanaṃ vipraṃ gaccha tvaṃ saha bhāryayā

Saying “So be it,” the king consented to the departure of that wise one, and said these words to the brahmin: “Go, together with your wife.”

Words: tatheti — ‘so be it’; rājā — the king; saṃśrutya — having consented, agreed; gamanaṃ — the departure, going; tasya — of that; dhīmataḥ — wise one; uvāca — said; vacanaṃ — words; vipraṃ — to the brahmin; gaccha — go; tvaṃ — you; saha — with; bhāryayā — your wife

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.