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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.30.20

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

1.30.20

rāmo 'pi sahasaumitrir munīṃs tān abhipūjya ca
agrato niṣasādātha viśvāmitrasya dhīmataḥ

Rāma too, together with Saumitri, having honoured those sages, then sat down before the wise Viśvāmitra.

Words: rāmo 'pi — Rāma too; sahasaumitrir — together with Saumitri; munīṃs — the sages; tān — those; abhipūjya — having honoured; ca — and; agrato — in front, before; niṣasādātha — then sat down; viśvāmitrasya — of Viśvāmitra; dhīmataḥ — the wise

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.