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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.49.19

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: he asks who the two matching, godlike young warriors are

1.49.19

yadṛcchayaiva gāṃ prāptau devalokād ivāmarau
kathaṃ padbhyām iha prāptau kimarthaṃ kasya vā mune

come to earth as if by mere chance, like two immortals from the world of the gods — how have they come here on foot, for what purpose, and whose (sons) are they, O sage?

Words: yadṛcchayaiva — by mere chance; gāṃ — the earth; prāptau — (the two) arrived; devalokād — from the world of the gods; ivāmarau — like two immortals; kathaṃ — how; padbhyām — on foot; iha — here; prāptau — (the two) arrived; kimarthaṃ — for what purpose; kasya — whose; vā — or; mune — O sage

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.