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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.50.3

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 50: Story of Viśvāmitra: Śatānanda introduces the former King. Śatānanda confirms Ahalyā’s release, then recounts how King Viśvāmitra’s travels with his army brought him to Vasiṣṭha’s hermitage

In the sequence: Śatānanda, Gautama and Ahalyā's eldest son, is overwhelmed with joy at the report and at seeing Rāma

1.50.3

sa tau niṣaṇṇau saṃprekṣya sukhāsīnau nṛpātmajau
śatānando muniśreṣṭhaṃ viśvāmitram athābravīt

Beholding those two princes seated comfortably, Śatānanda then said to the best of sages, Viśvāmitra:

Words: sa — he; tau — those two; niṣaṇṇau — seated; saṃprekṣya — having beheld; sukhāsīnau — comfortably seated; nṛpātmajau — the two princes; śatānando — Śatānanda; muniśreṣṭhaṃ — to the best of sages; viśvāmitram — Viśvāmitra; athābravīt — then said

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.