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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.47.8

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 47: Story of Indra & Ahalyā: Indra’s disguise and Gautama’s curses. Indra takes Gautama’s form and unites with Ahalyā, Gautama curses him to lose his testicles and her to remain invisible until Rāma’s arrival

In the sequence: Viśvāmitra recounts Siddhāśrama and the defeat of the rākṣasas → Sumati honors Daśaratha's sons, who stay overnight before continuing toward Mithilā

1.47.8

viśvāmitravacaḥ śrutvā rājā paramaharṣitaḥ
atithī paramau prāptau putrau daśarathasya tau
pūjayām āsa vidhivat satkārārhau mahābalau

Hearing Viśvāmitra's words, the king, greatly delighted, honoured according to rule those two mighty sons of Daśaratha, come as supreme guests, worthy of hospitality.

Words: viśvāmitravacaḥ — the words of Viśvāmitra; śrutvā — having heard; rājā — the king; paramaharṣitaḥ — greatly delighted; atithī — two guests; paramau — supreme, foremost; prāptau — come, arrived; putrau — the two sons; daśarathasya — of Daśaratha; tau — those two; pūjayām āsa — honoured, worshipped; vidhivat — according to rule; satkārārhau — worthy of hospitality; mahābalau — the two mighty ones

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.