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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.10.23

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: Daśaratha sends messengers ahead to have Ayodhyā decorated → he enters amid conches and drums with Ṛṣyaśṛṅga leading the procession → the citizens rejoice at Ṛṣyaśṛṅga's arrival

1.10.23

tataḥ suhṛdam āpṛcchya prasthito raghunandanaḥ
paurebhyaḥ preṣayām āsa dūtān vai śīghragāminaḥ
kriyatāṃ nagaraṃ sarvaṃ kṣipram eva svalaṃkṛtam

Then, taking leave of his friend, the delight of the Raghus set out; he sent swift-going messengers to the citizens: “Let the whole city be quickly made well-adorned.”

Words: tataḥ — then; suhṛdam — his friend; āpṛcchya — having taken leave; prasthito — set out; raghunandanaḥ — the delight of the Raghus; paurebhyaḥ — to the citizens; preṣayām āsa — sent; dūtān — messengers; vai — indeed; śīghragāminaḥ — swift-going; kriyatāṃ — let it be made; nagaraṃ — the city; sarvaṃ — whole; kṣipram — quickly; eva — indeed; svalaṃkṛtam — well-adorned

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.