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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.60.11

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 60: Story of Viśvāmitra: Śunaḥśepa is bought for sacrifice. Indra steals Ambarīṣa’s sacrificial victim, the King purchases Śunaḥśepa after the boy’s parents reserve their eldest and youngest sons

In the sequence: Ambarīṣa searches widely, offering thousands of cows, until he finds Ṛcīka at Bhṛgutunda with his wife and sons

1.60.11

sa putrasahitaṃ tāta sabhāryaṃ raghunandana
bhṛgutunde samāsīnam ṛcīkaṃ saṃdadarśa ha

he, my dear, O delight of the Raghus, beheld Ṛcīka seated at Bhṛgutunda, together with his sons and his wife.

Words: sa — he; putrasahitaṃ — together with his sons; tāta — my dear (address); sabhāryaṃ — together with his wife; raghunandana — O delight of the Raghus; bhṛgutunde — at Bhṛgutunda (a place); samāsīnam — seated; ṛcīkaṃ — Ṛcīka; saṃdadarśa — beheld; ha — indeed

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.