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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.49.7

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: Janaka comes with his purohita Śatānanda and the ṛtvijs to offer hospitality → Viśvāmitra asks after the King and the sacrifice, and they sit with the ministers and munis

1.49.7

ṛtvijo 'pi mahātmānas tv arghyam ādāya satvaram
viśvāmitrāya dharmeṇa dadur mantrapuraskṛtam

the great-souled officiating priests too, quickly taking up the guest-offering, gave it duly to Viśvāmitra, prefaced with sacred formulas.

Words: ṛtvijo — the officiating priests; 'pi — too, also; mahātmānas — great-souled; tv — and; arghyam — the guest-offering; ādāya — having taken up; satvaram — quickly; viśvāmitrāya — to Viśvāmitra; dharmeṇa — duly, according to dharma; dadur — gave; mantrapuraskṛtam — prefaced with mantras

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.