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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.17.28

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: seeing Viśvāmitra blazing with the radiance of tapas, he has the arghya, the ceremonial guest-offering of water, brought → Viśvāmitra accepts it according to the prescribed rite and asks after the King's welfare and prosperity

1.17.28

sa dṛṣṭvā jvalitaṃ dīptyā tāpasaṃ saṃśitavratam
prahṛṣṭavadano rājā tato 'rghyam upahārayat

Seeing the ascetic of firm vows, blazing with splendour, the king, his face gladdened, then had the guest-offering brought forth.

Words: sa — he; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; jvalitaṃ — blazing; dīptyā — with splendour; tāpasaṃ — the ascetic; saṃśitavratam — of firm vows; prahṛṣṭavadano — his face gladdened; rājā — the king; tato — then; 'rghyam — the guest-offering; upahārayat — had brought forth, presented

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.