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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.46.20

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: hearing of his arrival, Sumati comes with priests and relatives, honors him, and declares himself fortunate to receive Viśvāmitra.

1.46.20

sumatis tu mahātejā viśvāmitram upāgatam
śrutvā naravaraśreṣṭhaḥ pratyudgacchan mahāyaśāḥ

And Sumati, of great splendour, best of the foremost of men, of great renown, hearing that Viśvāmitra had arrived, went out to meet him.

Words: sumatis — Sumati; tu — and; mahātejā — of great splendour; viśvāmitram — Viśvāmitra; upāgatam — arrived, come; śrutvā — having heard; naravaraśreṣṭhaḥ — best of the foremost of men; pratyudgacchan — went out to meet; mahāyaśāḥ — of great renown

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.