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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.51.10

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 51: Story of Viśvāmitra: Vasiṣṭha’s hospitality. Vasiṣṭha insists on hosting the whole army and asks Śabalā to provide a feast satisfying every guest’s tastes

In the sequence: he asks about Vasiṣṭha's austerity, offerings, pupils, and woodland → Vasiṣṭha asks in return about the Kingdom's government, servants, enemies, army, treasury, allies, and family → both report that all is well and enjoy a long conversation

1.51.10

sarvatra kuśalaṃ rājā vasiṣṭhaṃ pratyudāharat
viśvāmitro mahātejā vasiṣṭhaṃ vinayānvitaḥ

King Viśvāmitra of great splendour, filled with humility, replied to Vasiṣṭha that all was well everywhere.

Words: sarvatra — everywhere; kuśalaṃ — well; rājā — the king; vasiṣṭhaṃ — to Vasiṣṭha; pratyudāharat — replied, answered; viśvāmitro — Viśvāmitra; mahātejā — of great splendour; vasiṣṭhaṃ — to Vasiṣṭha; vinayānvitaḥ — filled with humility

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.