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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.68.13

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: Daśaratha replies that the giver determines the occasion and that he will follow Janaka's arrangements

1.68.13

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā ṛṣimadhye narādhipaḥ
vākyaṃ vākyavidāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ pratyuvāca mahīpatim

Hearing those words of his amid the sages, the king (Daśaratha), best of those skilled in speech, replied to the king (Janaka):

Words: tasya — his; tadvacanaṃ — those words; śrutvā — having heard; ṛṣimadhye — amid the sages; narādhipaḥ — the king; vākyaṃ — word; vākyavidāṃ — of those skilled in speech; śreṣṭhaḥ — the best; pratyuvāca — replied; mahīpatim — to 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.