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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.49.4

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: impressed by the many learned brāhmaṇas and cart-filled encampments, Rāma asks where they should stay → Viśvāmitra chooses a secluded place with water

1.49.4

ṛṣivāṭāś ca dṛśyante śakaṭīśatasaṃkulāḥ
deśo vidhīyatāṃ brahman yatra vatsyāmahe vayam

And the sages' encampments are seen, crowded with hundreds of carts; let a place be assigned, O brahmin, where we may dwell.”

Words: ṛṣivāṭāś — the sages' camps; ca — and; dṛśyante — are seen; śakaṭīśatasaṃkulāḥ — crowded with hundreds of carts; deśo — a place; vidhīyatāṃ — let it be assigned; brahman — O brahmin; yatra — where; vatsyāmahe — we shall dwell; vayam — we

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.