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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.30.18

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 long journey they camp beside the Śoṇā at sunset → they bathe, make fire offerings, and gather around Viśvāmitra

1.30.18

te gatvā dūram adhvānaṃ lambamāne divākare
vāsaṃ cakrur munigaṇāḥ śoṇākūle samāhitāḥ

Having gone a long way, as the sun was sinking, those throngs of sages, composed, made their camp on the bank of the Śoṇā.

Words: te — they; gatvā — having gone; dūram — far, a long (way); adhvānaṃ — road, way; lambamāne divākare — as the sun was sinking; vāsaṃ — dwelling, camp; cakrur — they made; munigaṇāḥ — throngs of sages; śoṇākūle — on the bank of the Śoṇā (river); samāhitāḥ — composed, collected

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.