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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.49.22

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: Viśvāmitra identifies Daśaratha's sons and recounts Siddhāśrama, the rākṣasas, Viśālā, Ahalyā, and Gautama → he explains that they have come to see and test the great bow.

1.49.22

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā janakasya mahātmanaḥ
nyavedayan mahātmānau putrau daśarathasya tau

Hearing that speech of the great-souled Janaka, he (Viśvāmitra) made known those two great-souled sons of Daśaratha —

Words: tasya — that, his; tadvacanaṃ — that speech; śrutvā — having heard; janakasya — of Janaka; mahātmanaḥ — the great-souled; nyavedayan — made known, related; mahātmānau — the two great-souled ones; putrau — the two sons; daśarathasya — of Daśaratha; tau — those two

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.