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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.30.7
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
1.30.7
tvaṃ caiva naraśārdūla sahāsmābhir gamiṣyasi
adbhutaṃ ca dhanūratnaṃ tatra tvaṃ draṣṭum arhasi
And you too, O tiger among men, shall go with us; and there you shall behold a wondrous jewel of a bow.
Words: tvaṃ — you; caiva — and too; naraśārdūla — O tiger among men; sahāsmābhir — together with us; gamiṣyasi — you shall go; adbhutaṃ — wondrous; ca — and; dhanūratnaṃ — the jewel of a bow; tatra — there; tvaṃ — you; draṣṭum — to see, behold; arhasi — you ought, are fit
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.