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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.51.12

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: Vasiṣṭha offers full hospitality to the King and his army

1.51.12

tato vasiṣṭho bhagavān kathānte raghunandana
viśvāmitram idaṃ vākyam uvāca prahasann iva

Then, O delight of the Raghus, the venerable Vasiṣṭha, at the end of the conversation, spoke these words to Viśvāmitra, as if smiling:

Words: tato — then; vasiṣṭho — Vasiṣṭha; bhagavān — the venerable one; kathānte — at the end of the talk; raghunandana — O delight of the Raghus; viśvāmitram — to Viśvāmitra; idaṃ vākyam — these words; uvāca — said; prahasann iva — as if smiling

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.