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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.17.30

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: he greets Vasiṣṭha and the other ṛṣis → they enter the palace and sit according to rank

1.17.30

vasiṣṭhaṃ ca samāgamya kuśalaṃ munipuṃgavaḥ
ṛṣīṃś ca tān yathā nyāyaṃ mahābhāgān uvāca ha

And that bull among sages, meeting Vasiṣṭha, inquired after his welfare, and duly greeted those illustrious seers as well.

Words: vasiṣṭhaṃ — Vasiṣṭha; ca — and; samāgamya — having met; kuśalaṃ — (after) welfare; munipuṃgavaḥ — the bull among sages; ṛṣīṃś — the seers; ca — and; tān — those; yathā — according to; nyāyaṃ — propriety, due order; mahābhāgān — the illustrious; uvāca — addressed, spoke to; ha — indeed

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.