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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.49.14

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 says the visit has made his sacrifice fruitful and explains that twelve days remain before the Devas come for their shares

1.49.14

dhanyo 'smy anugṛhīto 'smi yasya me munipuṃgava
yajñopasadanaṃ brahman prāpto 'si munibhiḥ saha

I am blessed, I am favoured, O bull among sages, in that you, O brahmin, have come to my sacrificial session together with the sages.

Words: dhanyo — blessed; 'smy — I am; anugṛhīto — favoured, graced; 'smi — I am; yasya — in that, of whom; me — my, of me; munipuṃgava — O bull among sages; yajñopasadanaṃ — the sacrificial session; brahman — O brahmin; prāpto — arrived, come; 'si — you are; munibhiḥ — with the sages; saha — together

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.