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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.4.23

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: seated on his golden throne with his ministers and brothers, he asks Lakṣmaṇa, Śatrughna, and Bharata to listen → the brothers begin, and Rāma becomes absorbed in their song.

1.4.23

āsīnaḥ kāñcane divye sa ca siṃhāsane prabhuḥ
upopaviṣṭaiḥ sacivair bhrātṛbhiś ca paraṃtapaḥ

And that lord, scorcher of foes, was seated on a divine golden lion-throne, with his ministers and brothers seated close beside him.

Words: āsīnaḥ — seated; kāñcane — golden; divye — divine; sa ca — and he; siṃhāsane — on the lion-throne; prabhuḥ — the lord; upopaviṣṭaiḥ — with (those) seated close by; sacivair — with (his) ministers; bhrātṛbhiś ca — and with (his) brothers; paraṃtapaḥ — scorcher 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.