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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.66.27

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 66: Rāma breaks Śiva’s bow: Janaka confirms the marriage. Rāma lifts, strings and breaks the bow, Janaka declares his marriage condition fulfilled and sends envoys to seek Daśaratha’s consent

In the sequence: he asks permission to send envoys to Ayodhyā with news of the achievement, assurance that both princes are safe, and an invitation to Daśaratha → Viśvāmitra agrees, and Janaka dispatches his ministers.

1.66.27

kauśikaś ca tathety āha rājā cābhāṣya mantriṇaḥ
ayodhyāṃ preṣayām āsa dharmātmā kṛtaśāsanāt

And Kauśika said, “So be it.” Then the king, that righteous one, having instructed his ministers, dispatched them to Ayodhyā by his issued command.

Words: kauśikaś ca — and Kauśika; tathety — “so be it”; āha — said; rājā — the king; cābhāṣya — and having addressed; mantriṇaḥ — the ministers; ayodhyāṃ — to Ayodhyā; preṣayām āsa — sent, dispatched; dharmātmā — the righteous one; kṛtaśāsanāt — by his issued command

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.