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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.51.19

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

1.51.19

bāḍham ity eva gādheyo vasiṣṭhaṃ pratyuvāca ha
yathā priyaṃ bhagavatas tathāstu munisattama

'So be it,' Gādheya (Viśvāmitra) replied to Vasiṣṭha; 'as is pleasing to your reverence, so let it be, O best of sages.'

Words: bāḍham — 'very well, so be it'; ity eva — just thus; gādheyo — Gādheya (son of Gādhi, i.e. Viśvāmitra); vasiṣṭhaṃ — to Vasiṣṭha; pratyuvāca — replied; ha — indeed; yathā — as; priyaṃ — pleasing, dear; bhagavatas — to your reverence; tathāstu — so let it be; munisattama — O best of sages

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.