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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.10.21

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

1.10.21

ṛṣiputraḥ pratiśrutya tathety āha nṛpaṃ tadā
sa nṛpeṇābhyanujñātaḥ prayayau saha bhāryayā

The seer's son, assenting, then said “So be it” to the king; and, given leave by the king, he set forth with his wife.

Words: ṛṣiputraḥ — the seer's son; pratiśrutya — having assented, promised; tathety — ‘so be it’; āha — said; nṛpaṃ — to the king; tadā — then; sa — he; nṛpeṇābhyanujñātaḥ — given leave by the king; prayayau — set forth; saha — with; bhāryayā — his wife

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.