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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.68.10

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 68: Vivāha: Daśaratha arrives in Mithilā. Daśaratha arrives with wealth, ṛṣis and the army, Janaka welcomes the alliance and completes preparations while Daśaratha reunites with his sons

In the sequence: Janaka rejoices in the family alliance and proposes the marriage after the sacrifice's conclusion

1.68.10

diṣṭyā prāpto mahātejā vasiṣṭho bhagavān ṛṣiḥ
saha sarvair dvijaśreṣṭhair devair iva śatakratuḥ

By good fortune the greatly resplendent venerable sage Vasiṣṭha has come, together with all the best of brahmins, like Śatakratu (Indra) with the gods.

Words: diṣṭyā — by good fortune; prāpto — has come; mahātejā — the greatly resplendent; vasiṣṭho — Vasiṣṭha; bhagavān — the venerable; ṛṣiḥ — sage; saha — together; sarvair — with all; dvijaśreṣṭhair — the best of brahmins; devair iva — like with the gods; śatakratuḥ — Śatakratu (Indra)

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.