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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.30.6

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

1.30.6

maithilasya naraśreṣṭha janakasya bhaviṣyati
yajñaḥ paramadharmiṣṭhas tatra yāsyāmahe vayam

“O best of men, a most righteous sacrifice of Janaka, king of Mithilā, will take place; thither we shall go.

Words: maithilasya — of the Maithila (king of Mithilā); naraśreṣṭha — O best of men; janakasya — of Janaka; bhaviṣyati — will be, take place; yajñaḥ — a sacrifice; paramadharmiṣṭhas — most righteous; tatra — there, thither; yāsyāmahe — we shall go; vayam — we

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.