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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.67.13

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

1.67.13

evaṃ videhādhipatir madhuraṃ vākyam abravīt
viśvāmitrābhyanujñātaḥ śatānandamate sthitaḥ

Thus the lord of Videha spoke his sweet message, sanctioned by Viśvāmitra and abiding by the counsel of Śatānanda.

Words: evaṃ — thus; videhādhipatir — the lord of Videha; madhuraṃ — sweet; vākyam — word, message; abravīt — spoke; viśvāmitrābhyanujñātaḥ — sanctioned by Viśvāmitra; śatānandamate — by the counsel of Śatānanda; sthitaḥ — abiding, standing

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.