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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.17.25

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

1.17.25

tac chrutvā vacanaṃ tasya rājaveśma pradudruvuḥ
saṃbhrāntamanasaḥ sarve tena vākyena coditāḥ

Hearing his word, urged on by that speech, they all, their minds agitated, ran to the royal palace.

Words: tac — that; chrutvā — having heard; vacanaṃ — word; tasya — his; rājaveśma — the royal palace; pradudruvuḥ — ran, hurried; saṃbhrāntamanasaḥ — with agitated minds; sarve — all; tena — by that; vākyena — by the speech; coditāḥ — urged on, impelled

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.