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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.67.11

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 67: Vivāha: Envoys seek Daśaratha’s consent. Janaka’s envoys report Rāma’s feat in Ayodhyā, Daśaratha consults his priests and ministers and orders departure for Mithilā

In the sequence: Janaka asks Daśaratha's consent and invites him to Mithilā with his teachers and priest, both to arrange the marriage and to see his sons

1.67.11

sopādhyāyo mahārāja purohitapuraskṛtaḥ
śīghram āgaccha bhadraṃ te draṣṭum arhasi rāghavau

Together with your teachers, O great king, and with your family priest at the head, come quickly — blessings on you — you should see the two Rāghavas.

Words: sopādhyāyo — together with (your) teachers; mahārāja — O great king; purohitapuraskṛtaḥ — with the family priest at the head; śīghram — quickly; āgaccha — come; bhadraṃ te — blessings on you; draṣṭum — to see; arhasi — you should; rāghavau — the two Rāghavas

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.