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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.30.2

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

1.30.2

prabhātāyāṃ tu śarvaryāṃ kṛtapaurvāhṇikakriyau
viśvāmitram ṛṣīṃś cānyān sahitāv abhijagmatuḥ

When the night had brightened into dawn, the two, having performed their morning rites, went together to Viśvāmitra and the other seers.

Words: prabhātāyāṃ — when it had dawned; tu — and; śarvaryāṃ — the night (loc.); kṛtapaurvāhṇikakriyau — having performed the morning rites (dual); viśvāmitram — Viśvāmitra; ṛṣīṃś — the seers; cānyān — and the others; sahitāv — together (dual); abhijagmatuḥ — the two went to, approached

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.