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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.51.11

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

1.51.11

kṛtvobhau suciraṃ kālaṃ dharmiṣṭhau tāḥ kathāḥ śubhāḥ
mudā paramayā yuktau prīyetāṃ tau parasparam

The two most righteous ones, having carried on those auspicious conversations for a very long while, filled with supreme joy, delighted in one another.

Words: kṛtvobhau — the two having carried on; suciraṃ — for a very long; kālaṃ — time; dharmiṣṭhau — the two most righteous; tāḥ kathāḥ — those talks; śubhāḥ — auspicious; mudā — with joy; paramayā — supreme; yuktau — joined, filled with; prīyetāṃ — the two delighted; tau — the two; parasparam — in one another, mutually

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.