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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.17.23

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 17: Birth and upbringing of the princes; Viśvāmitra’s arrival. Daśaratha’s four sons are born and grow devoted in pairs, Viśvāmitra arrives and receives the King’s promise to fulfil his request

In the sequence: The mahāmuni Viśvāmitra arrives and asks the gatekeepers to announce the son of Gādhi, of Kuśika's line

1.17.23

tasya cintayamānasya mantrimadhye mahātmanaḥ
abhyāgacchan mahātejo viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ

As that great-souled one was thinking, in the midst of his ministers, the great sage Viśvāmitra of great splendour arrived.

Words: tasya — of him; cintayamānasya — as he was thinking; mantrimadhye — in the midst of the ministers; mahātmanaḥ — the great-souled; abhyāgacchan — arrived, came; mahātejo — of great splendour; viśvāmitro — Viśvāmitra; mahāmuniḥ — the great sage

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.