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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.4.22

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: Rāma sees the singers in the streets and brings them into his residence

1.4.22

svaveśma cānīya tato bhrātarau sakuśīlavau
pūjayām āsa pūjārhau rāmaḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ

Then, bringing the two brothers, Kuśa and Lava, to his own dwelling, Rāma, destroyer of foes, honoured the two who were worthy of honour.

Words: svaveśma — to his own dwelling; cānīya — and having brought; tato — then; bhrātarau — the two brothers; sakuśīlavau — (who were) Kuśa and Lava; pūjayām āsa — honoured, worshipped; pūjārhau — the two worthy of honour; rāmaḥ — Rāma; śatrunibarhaṇaḥ — destroyer of foes

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.