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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.46.21

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.

1.46.21

pūjāṃ ca paramāṃ kṛtvā sopādhyāyaḥ sabāndhavaḥ
prāñjaliḥ kuśalaṃ pṛṣṭvā viśvāmitram athābravīt

And, together with his priests and kinsmen, having done him supreme honour, with palms joined, he inquired after his welfare and then said to Viśvāmitra:

Words: pūjāṃ — honour, worship; ca — and; paramāṃ — supreme, highest; kṛtvā — having done; sopādhyāyaḥ — together with his priests/teachers; sabāndhavaḥ — together with his kinsmen; prāñjaliḥ — with palms joined; kuśalaṃ — welfare, well-being; pṛṣṭvā — having asked after; viśvāmitram — to Viśvāmitra; athābravīt — then said

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.