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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.4.17

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 4: Kuśa & Lava perform the poem. Kuśa & Lava learn and perform the poem, their singing moves the ṛṣis and brings them before Rāma

In the sequence: encouraged, the brothers sing with still greater feeling → delighted maharṣis give them gifts, including a water pot and bark clothing

1.4.17

praviśya tāv ubhau suṣṭhu tadā bhāvam agāyatām
sahitau madhuraṃ raktaṃ saṃpannaṃ svarasaṃpadā

Then the two, both entering fully into the feeling, sang together sweetly and with fervour, made perfect by the wealth of their voices.

Words: praviśya — having entered (into); tāv ubhau — those two both; suṣṭhu — well, thoroughly; tadā — then; bhāvam — the feeling, mood; agāyatām — the two sang; sahitau — together; madhuraṃ — sweetly; raktaṃ — with fervour, impassioned (lit. coloured); saṃpannaṃ — made perfect, complete; svarasaṃpadā — by the wealth of voice

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.