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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.60.12
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
1.60.12
tam uvāca mahātejāḥ praṇamyābhiprasādya ca
brahmarṣiṃ tapasā dīptaṃ rājarṣir amitaprabhaḥ
pṛṣṭvā sarvatra kuśalam ṛcīkaṃ tam idaṃ vacaḥ
The royal seer of measureless splendour, having bowed and propitiated him, and having asked after his welfare in every respect, spoke this word to that brahmin-seer Ṛcīka, blazing with austerity:
Words: tam — to him; uvāca — said; mahātejāḥ — of great splendour; praṇamyābhiprasādya — having bowed and propitiated; ca — and; brahmarṣiṃ — the brahmin-seer; tapasā dīptaṃ — blazing with austerity; rājarṣir — the royal seer; amitaprabhaḥ — of measureless splendour; pṛṣṭvā — having asked; sarvatra — everywhere, in every respect; kuśalam — welfare; ṛcīkaṃ — to Ṛcīka; tam — that; idaṃ vacaḥ — this word
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.