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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.46.22

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.

1.46.22

dhanyo 'smy anugṛhīto 'smi yasya me viṣayaṃ mune
saṃprāpto darśanaṃ caiva nāsti dhanyataro mama

“I am blessed, I am favoured, O sage, in that you have come into my realm and (granted me) the sight of you; there is none more blessed than I.

Words: dhanyo — blessed, fortunate; 'smy — I am; anugṛhīto — favoured, graced; 'smi — I am; yasya — in that, of whom; me — my; viṣayaṃ — realm, domain; mune — O sage; saṃprāpto — (you have) arrived at, reached; darśanaṃ — the sight, seeing; caiva — and; nāsti — there is not; dhanyataro — more blessed; mama — than I

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.