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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.10.25

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

1.10.25

tataḥ svalaṃkṛtaṃ rājā nagaraṃ praviveśa ha
śaṅkhadundubhinirghoṣaiḥ puraskṛtya dvijarṣabham

Then the king entered the well-adorned city amid the blare of conches and kettledrums, placing the bull among brahmins at the fore.

Words: tataḥ — then; svalaṃkṛtaṃ — well-adorned; rājā — the king; nagaraṃ — the city; praviveśa — entered; ha — indeed; śaṅkhadundubhinirghoṣaiḥ — amid the blare of conches and kettledrums; puraskṛtya — having placed at the fore; dvijarṣabham — the bull among brahmins

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.