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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.15.7
Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 15: Daśaratha receives and divides the divine pāyasa. Viṣṇu chooses Daśaratha as his father, a being emerges from the fire with divine pāyasa and the King distributes it among his wives
In the sequence: Viṣṇu asks how Rāvaṇa can be killed, although he already knows → the Suras explain again that Rāvaṇa's contempt for humans left them outside his protection → Viṣṇu chooses Daśaratha as his father
1.15.7
ity etad vacanaṃ śrutvā surāṇāṃ viṣṇur ātmavān
pitaraṃ rocayām āsa tadā daśarathaṃ nṛpam
Having heard this speech of the gods, the self-possessed Viṣṇu then chose King Daśaratha for his father.
Words: ity — thus; etad — this; vacanaṃ — speech, word; śrutvā — having heard; surāṇāṃ — of the gods; viṣṇur — Viṣṇu; ātmavān — the self-possessed one; pitaraṃ — as father; rocayām āsa — chose, took a liking to; tadā — then; daśarathaṃ — Daśaratha; nṛpam — the king
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.