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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.10.26

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

1.10.26

tataḥ pramuditāḥ sarve dṛṣṭvā vai nāgarā dvijam
praveśyamānaṃ satkṛtya narendreṇendrakarmaṇā

Then all the citizens were delighted to see the brahmin being ushered in with honour by the king, whose deeds were like Indra's.

Words: tataḥ — then; pramuditāḥ — delighted; sarve — all; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; vai — indeed; nāgarā — the citizens; dvijam — the brahmin; praveśyamānaṃ — being ushered in; satkṛtya — having honoured; narendreṇendrakarmaṇā — by the king of Indra-like deeds

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.