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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.10.7

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

1.10.7

pratigṛhya ca taṃ vipraṃ sa rājā vigatajvaraḥ
āhariṣyati taṃ yajñaṃ prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā

And having received that brahmin, that king, his anxiety gone, will perform that sacrifice with a thoroughly delighted heart.

Words: pratigṛhya — having received; ca — and; taṃ — that; vipraṃ — brahmin; sa — that; rājā — king; vigatajvaraḥ — his anxiety gone, free of fever; āhariṣyati — will perform, offer; taṃ — that; yajñaṃ — sacrifice; prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā — with a thoroughly delighted inner self

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.