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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.10.22

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

1.10.22

tāv anyonyāñjaliṃ kṛtvā snehāt saṃśliṣya corasā
nanandatur daśaratho romapādaś ca vīryavān

The two of them, saluting each other with joined palms and embracing breast to breast out of affection, rejoiced — Daśaratha and the valiant Romapāda.

Words: tāv — the two; anyonyāñjaliṃ — mutual salutation with joined palms; kṛtvā — having made; snehāt — out of affection; saṃśliṣya — having embraced; corasā — and with the breast; nanandatur — the two rejoiced; daśaratho — Daśaratha; romapādaś — Romapāda; ca — and; vīryavān — the valiant

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.