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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.10.3

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: Sumantra continues Sanatkumāra's prophecy: Daśaratha will ask his friend Romapāda to send Śāntā's husband to perform a sacrifice for the continuation of his line → Ṛṣyaśṛṅga will agree, and four renowned sons will be born

1.10.3

aṅgarājena sakhyaṃ ca tasya rājño bhaviṣyati
kanyā cāsya mahābhāgā śāntā nāma bhaviṣyati

That king will have a friendship with the king of the Aṅgas; and his daughter, greatly blessed, will be Śāntā by name.

Words: aṅgarājena — with the king of the Aṅgas; sakhyaṃ — friendship; ca — and; tasya — of that; rājño — king; bhaviṣyati — will be; kanyā — a daughter, maiden; cāsya — and his; mahābhāgā — greatly blessed, fortunate; śāntā — Śāntā; nāma — by name; bhaviṣyati — will be

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.