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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.17.29

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

1.17.29

sa rājñaḥ pratigṛhyārghyaṃ śāstradṛṣṭtena karmaṇā
kuśalaṃ cāvyayaṃ caiva paryapṛcchan narādhipam

Having accepted the king's guest-offering by the rite laid down in scripture, he inquired of the king after his welfare and continued prosperity.

Words: sa — he; rājñaḥ — of the king; pratigṛhyārghyaṃ — having accepted the guest-offering; śāstradṛṣṭtena — prescribed by scripture; karmaṇā — by the rite; kuśalaṃ — welfare, well-being; cāvyayaṃ — and imperishable (prosperity); caiva — and; paryapṛcchan — inquired after; narādhipam — the king

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.