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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.33.20

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.

1.33.20

rāmo 'pi saha saumitriḥ kiṃ cid āgatavismayaḥ
praśasya muniśārdūlaṃ nidrāṃ samupasevate

Rāma too, together with Saumitri, somewhat wonder-struck, having praised the tiger among sages, gave himself to sleep.

Words: rāmo 'pi — Rāma too; saha — together with; saumitriḥ — Saumitri (Lakṣmaṇa); kiṃ cid — somewhat, a little; āgatavismayaḥ — filled with wonder, wonder-struck; praśasya — having praised; muniśārdūlaṃ — the tiger among sages; nidrāṃ — sleep; samupasevate — resorts to, gives himself to

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.