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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.49.12

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 49: Arrival in Mithilā: Janaka receives the travellers. Janaka welcomes the travellers at his sacrifice, asks about the princes and learns that they have come to see and test the bow

In the sequence: Janaka comes with his purohita Śatānanda and the ṛtvijs to offer hospitality → Viśvāmitra asks after the King and the sacrifice, and they sit with the ministers and munis

1.49.12

āsaneṣu yathānyāyam upaviṣṭān samantataḥ
dṛṣṭvā sa nṛpatis tatra viśvāmitram athābravīt

Seeing them seated all around on seats as befitting, the king there then said to Viśvāmitra:

Words: āsaneṣu — on seats; yathānyāyam — as befitting, properly; upaviṣṭān — seated; samantataḥ — all around, on every side; dṛṣṭvā — having seen; sa — that; nṛpatis — king; tatra — there; viśvāmitram — to Viśvāmitra; athābravīt — then said

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.