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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.10.6

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

1.10.6

śrutvā rājño 'tha tad vākyaṃ manasā sa vicintya ca
pradāsyate putravantaṃ śāntā bhartāram ātmavān

Then, hearing that speech of the king and pondering it in his mind, the self-possessed one (Romapāda) will bestow Śāntā's husband, who is to bring sons.

Words: śrutvā — having heard; rājño — of the king; 'tha — then; tad — that; vākyaṃ — speech; manasā — in his mind; sa — he; vicintya — having pondered; ca — and; pradāsyate — will bestow, give; putravantaṃ — who will bring sons, son-giving; śāntā — Śāntā('s); bhartāram — husband; ātmavān — the self-possessed one

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.