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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.17.32

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 compares the visit to rain after drought, a son for the childless, and the recovery of something lost

1.17.32

atha hṛṣṭamanā rājā viśvāmitraṃ mahāmunim
uvāca paramodāro hṛṣṭas tam abhipūjayan

Then the king, glad at heart, exceedingly generous, delighted, honouring him, said to the great sage Viśvāmitra:

Words: atha — then; hṛṣṭamanā — glad at heart; rājā — the king; viśvāmitraṃ — Viśvāmitra; mahāmunim — the great sage; uvāca — said; paramodāro — exceedingly generous; hṛṣṭas — delighted; tam — him; abhipūjayan — honouring, doing homage to

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.