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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.10.5

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

1.10.5

anapatyo 'smi dharmātmañ śāntā bhāryā mama kratum
āhareta tvayājñaptaḥ saṃtānārthaṃ kulasya ca

‘I am without offspring, O righteous one; Śāntā being his wife, let her husband, commanded by you, perform a sacrifice for me, for the continuation of my line.’

Words: anapatyo — without offspring, childless; 'smi — I am; dharmātmañ — O righteous one; śāntā — Śāntā; bhāryā — (being his) wife; mama — for me, my; kratum — a sacrifice; āhareta — let (her husband) perform; tvayājñaptaḥ — commanded by you; saṃtānārthaṃ — for the sake of continuation (of the line); kulasya — of the line, family; ca — and

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.