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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.17.27
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: Daśaratha goes out with his priest to welcome him
1.17.27
teṣāṃ tad vacanaṃ śrutvā sapurodhāḥ samāhitaḥ
pratyujjagāma saṃhṛṣṭo brahmāṇam iva vāsavaḥ
Hearing their word, together with his house-priest and composed in mind, he went forth to meet him, delighted, as Vāsava (Indra) goes to meet Brahmā.
Words: teṣāṃ — their; tad — that; vacanaṃ — word; śrutvā — having heard; sapurodhāḥ — together with his house-priest; samāhitaḥ — composed, collected; pratyujjagāma — went forth to meet; saṃhṛṣṭo — delighted; brahmāṇam — Brahmā; iva — as, like; vāsavaḥ — Vāsava (Indra)
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.