Bāla Kāṇḍa 30: Departure for Mithilā and the camp beside the Śoṇā · 1.30.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.30.1

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 30: Departure for Mithilā and the camp beside the Śoṇā. The ṛṣis invite the princes to Janaka’s sacrifice and the bow no suitor has strung, a camp beside the Śoṇā prompts the region’s history

In the sequence: After a joyful night, the princes perform their morning rites, salute Viśvāmitra, and ask for their next task

1.30.1

atha tāṃ rajanīṃ tatra kṛtārthau rāmalakṣaṇau
ūṣatur muditau vīrau prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā

Then Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, their purpose accomplished, the two heroes, passed that night there in gladness, with joyful inmost hearts.

Words: atha — then; tāṃ — that; rajanīṃ — night; tatra — there; kṛtārthau — their purpose accomplished (dual); rāmalakṣaṇau — Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa (dual); ūṣatur — the two passed, dwelt; muditau — glad, delighted (dual); vīrau — the two heroes; prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā — with joyful inmost heart

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.