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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.67.2

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: After three nights on the road, Janaka's envoys reach Ayodhyā and are admitted to Daśaratha

1.67.2

te rājavacanād dūtā rājaveśmapraveśitāḥ
dadṛśur devasaṃkāśaṃ vṛddhaṃ daśarathaṃ nṛpam

Those messengers, admitted into the royal palace by the king's word, beheld the aged king Daśaratha, who resembled a god.

Words: te — those; rājavacanād — by the king's word; dūtā — the messengers; rājaveśmapraveśitāḥ — admitted into the royal palace; dadṛśur — beheld; devasaṃkāśaṃ — resembling a god; vṛddhaṃ — aged; daśarathaṃ — Daśaratha; nṛpam — the king

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.