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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.30.19

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

1.30.19

te 'staṃ gate dinakare snātvā hutahutāśanāḥ
viśvāmitraṃ puraskṛtya niṣedur amitaujasaḥ

When the sun had set, they, having bathed and offered oblations into the fire, placing Viśvāmitra at their head, sat down — those of measureless might.

Words: te — they; 'staṃ gate dinakare — when the sun had set; snātvā — having bathed; hutahutāśanāḥ — having offered oblations into the fire; viśvāmitraṃ — Viśvāmitra; puraskṛtya — placing at their head; niṣedur — sat down; amitaujasaḥ — of measureless might

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.