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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.49.20

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

1.49.20

varāyudhadharau vīrau kasya putrau mahāmune
bhūṣayantāv imaṃ deśaṃ candrasūryāv ivāmbaram

Bearing excellent weapons, whose sons are these two heroes, O great sage, adorning this land as the moon and sun adorn the sky,

Words: varāyudhadharau — bearing excellent weapons; vīrau — two heroes; kasya — whose; putrau — the two sons; mahāmune — O great sage; bhūṣayantāv — (the two) adorning; imaṃ — this; deśaṃ — land; candrasūryāv — the moon and sun; ivāmbaram — as the sky

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.