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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.49.21

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

1.49.21

parasparasya sadṛśau pramāṇeṅgitaceṣṭitaiḥ
kākapakṣadharau vīrau śrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ

resembling each other in stature, gesture, and movement, heroes wearing the side-locks of youth? I wish to hear the truth.”

Words: parasparasya — of each other; sadṛśau — resembling, alike; pramāṇeṅgitaceṣṭitaiḥ — in stature, gesture, and movement; kākapakṣadharau — wearing the (crow-wing) side-locks; vīrau — two heroes; śrotum — to hear; icchāmi — I wish; tattvataḥ — truly, in truth

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.