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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.10.27

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 receives him according to the prescribed rites → the palace women affectionately welcome Śāntā, and the couple stay happily in Ayodhyā.

1.10.27

antaḥpuraṃ praveśyainaṃ pūjāṃ kṛtvā tu śāstrataḥ
kṛtakṛtyaṃ tadātmānaṃ mene tasyopavāhanāt

Having ushered him into the inner apartments and done him honour according to scripture, the king deemed himself to have accomplished his purpose by bringing him.

Words: antaḥpuraṃ — the inner apartments; praveśyainaṃ — having ushered him in; pūjāṃ — honour; kṛtvā — having done; tu — and; śāstrataḥ — according to scripture; kṛtakṛtyaṃ — having accomplished his purpose; tadātmānaṃ — then himself; mene — considered, deemed; tasyopavāhanāt — by bringing him

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.