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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.50.7
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: he asks whether his mother was seen and received Rāma, whether her history was told, whether his parents reunited, and whether Rāma and Gautama exchanged honors
1.50.7
api kauśika bhadraṃ te guruṇā mama saṃgatā
mātā mama muniśreṣṭha rāmasaṃdarśanād itaḥ
O Kauśika, blessings on you — was my mother reunited with my father, O best of sages, as a result of Rāma's appearing?
Words: api — (interrogative particle); kauśika — O Kauśika; bhadraṃ — blessing; te — to you; guruṇā — with the father/teacher; mama — my; saṃgatā — reunited, joined; mātā — mother; mama — my; muniśreṣṭha — O best of sages; rāmasaṃdarśanād — from the appearing of Rāma; itaḥ — hence, thereupon
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.