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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.51.18

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 repeats the invitation until he accepts

1.51.18

evaṃ bruvantaṃ rājānaṃ vasiṣṭhaḥ punar eva hi
nyamantrayata dharmātmā punaḥ punar udāradhīḥ

To the king who spoke thus, the righteous and noble-minded Vasiṣṭha extended his invitation yet again, over and over.

Words: evaṃ — thus; bruvantaṃ — who was speaking; rājānaṃ — the king; vasiṣṭhaḥ — Vasiṣṭha; punar eva hi — yet again, indeed; nyamantrayata — invited, entreated; dharmātmā — the righteous-souled; punaḥ punar — again and again; udāradhīḥ — the noble-minded

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.