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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.51.2

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: King Viśvāmitra bows to Vasiṣṭha and receives a seat, roots, and fruit

1.51.2

svāgataṃ tava cety ukto vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā
āsanaṃ cāsya bhagavān vasiṣṭho vyādideśa ha

Addressed by the great-souled Vasiṣṭha with 'Welcome to you,' the venerable Vasiṣṭha also assigned him a seat.

Words: svāgataṃ — welcome; tava — to you; cety — and thus; ukto — addressed; vasiṣṭhena — by Vasiṣṭha; mahātmanā — by the great-souled one; āsanaṃ — a seat; cāsya — and for him; bhagavān — the venerable one; vasiṣṭho — Vasiṣṭha; vyādideśa — assigned, directed; ha — indeed

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.