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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.46.19

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 46: Story of Indra & Diti: The Maruts’ regions and Viśālā’s lineage. Diti obtains divine wind-regions for her children, Viśvāmitra recounts Viśālā’s royal lineage and Sumati comes to welcome the travellers

In the sequence: Viśvāmitra praises the dynasty's long life and righteousness and proposes staying overnight before visiting Janaka

1.46.19

ihādya rajanīṃ rāma sukhaṃ vatsyāmahe vayam
śvaḥ prabhāte naraśreṣṭha janakaṃ draṣṭum arhasi

Here tonight, O Rāma, we shall pass the night in comfort; and tomorrow at dawn, O best of men, you should go to see Janaka.

Words: ihādya — here today; rajanīṃ — the night; rāma — O Rāma; sukhaṃ — comfortably, in ease; vatsyāmahe — we shall dwell, stay; vayam — we; śvaḥ — tomorrow; prabhāte — at dawn; naraśreṣṭha — O best of men; janakaṃ — Janaka; draṣṭum — to see; arhasi — you should

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.