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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.10.28

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.

1.10.28

antaḥpurāṇi sarvāṇi śāntāṃ dṛṣṭvā tathāgatām
saha bhartrā viśālākṣīṃ prītyānandam upāgaman

All the women of the inner apartments, seeing the large-eyed Śāntā thus arrived with her husband, came to joy with affection.

Words: antaḥpurāṇi — the (women of the) inner apartments; sarvāṇi — all; śāntāṃ — Śāntā; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; tathāgatām — thus arrived; saha — with; bhartrā — her husband; viśālākṣīṃ — large-eyed; prītyānandam — joy with affection; upāgaman — came to, attained

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.