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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.17.31

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

1.17.31

te sarve hṛṣṭamanasas tasya rājño niveśanam
viviśuḥ pūjitās tatra niṣeduś ca yathārthataḥ

All of them, glad at heart and honoured, entered the residence of that king and sat down there according to rank.

Words: te — they; sarve — all; hṛṣṭamanasas — glad at heart; tasya — that; rājño — of the king; niveśanam — residence, dwelling; viviśuḥ — entered; pūjitās — honoured; tatra — there; niṣeduś — sat down; ca — and; yathārthataḥ — according to rank, fittingly

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.