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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.17.24

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

1.17.24

sa rājño darśanākāṅkṣī dvārādhyakṣān uvāca ha
śīghram ākhyāta māṃ prāptaṃ kauśikaṃ gādhinaḥ sutam

Desiring to see the king, he said to the door-keepers: “Announce quickly that I have arrived — the Kauśika, son of Gādhi.”

Words: sa — he; rājño — of the king; darśanākāṅkṣī — desiring an audience; dvārādhyakṣān — the door-keepers; uvāca — said; ha — indeed; śīghram — quickly; ākhyāta — announce, tell; māṃ — me, that I; prāptaṃ — arrived; kauśikaṃ — the Kauśika (Viśvāmitra); gādhinaḥ — of Gādhi; sutam — the son

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.