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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.33.19

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 33: Story of Kuśanābha: Gādhi’s birth and Viśvāmitra’s lineage. Kuśanābha obtains Gādhi through sacrifice, Viśvāmitra identifies Gādhi as his father and recounts Satyavatī’s transformation into the river Kauśikī

In the sequence: the ṛṣis praise his account → Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, filled with wonder, also praise him and settle to sleep.

1.33.19

evam uktvā mahātejā virarāma mahāmuniḥ
sādhu sādhv iti taṃ sarve munayo hy abhyapūjayan

Having spoken thus, the great sage of great splendour fell silent; and all the sages honoured him, crying “Well done, well done!”

Words: evam — thus; uktvā — having said; mahātejā — of great splendour; virarāma — ceased, fell silent; mahāmuniḥ — the great sage; sādhu — well (done); sādhv — well; iti — thus (saying); taṃ — him; sarve — all; munayo — the sages; hy — indeed; abhyapūjayan — honoured, worshipped

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.