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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.21.2

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 21: Departure with Viśvāmitra: Rāma receives Balā & Atibalā. Daśaratha releases Rāma with Lakṣmaṇa, they follow Viśvāmitra along the Sarayū and Rāma receives the protective Balā & Atibalā teachings

In the sequence: Reassured, Daśaratha summons Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa → Rāma receives blessings from his parents and Vasiṣṭha → Daśaratha kisses Rāma's head and entrusts him to Viśvāmitra

1.21.2

kṛtasvastyayanaṃ mātrā pitrā daśarathena ca
purodhasā vasiṣṭhena maṅgalair abhimantritam

(Rāma,) for whom the benediction-rite had been performed by his mother and by his father Daśaratha, and who had been consecrated with auspicious chants by the house-priest Vasiṣṭha —

Words: kṛtasvastyayanaṃ — for whom the benediction had been performed; mātrā — by the mother; pitrā — by the father; daśarathena — by Daśaratha; ca — and; purodhasā — by the house-priest; vasiṣṭhena — by Vasiṣṭha; maṅgalair — with auspicious (chants); abhimantritam — consecrated with mantras

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.