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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.30.5

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: the maharṣis invite them to Janaka's sacrifice in Mithilā, where they can see his extraordinary divine bow

1.30.5

evam ukte tatas tābhyāṃ sarva eva maharṣayaḥ
viśvāmitraṃ puraskṛtya rāmaṃ vacanam abruvan

When this had been said by the two, then all the great seers, placing Viśvāmitra at their head, spoke these words to Rāma:

Words: evam ukte — when this had been said; tatas — then; tābhyāṃ — by the two; sarva — all; eva — indeed; maharṣayaḥ — the great seers; viśvāmitraṃ — Viśvāmitra; puraskṛtya — having placed at their head; rāmaṃ — to Rāma; vacanam — words; abruvan — spoke

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.