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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.10.8

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

1.10.8

taṃ ca rājā daśaratho yaṣṭukāmaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ
ṛṣyaśṛṅgaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ varayiṣyati dharmavit

And that king Daśaratha, desiring to sacrifice, knowing dharma, with palms joined, will make his request of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, the best of brahmins,

Words: taṃ — him; ca — and; rājā — king; daśaratho — Daśaratha; yaṣṭukāmaḥ — desiring to sacrifice; kṛtāñjaliḥ — with palms joined; ṛṣyaśṛṅgaṃ — Ṛṣyaśṛṅga; dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ — the best of brahmins; varayiṣyati — will entreat, choose, request; dharmavit — the knower of dharma

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.