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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.68.14

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

1.68.14

pratigraho dātṛvaśaḥ śrutam etan mayā purā
yathā vakṣyasi dharmajña tat kariṣyāmahe vayam

“The receiving of a gift depends on the giver — this I have heard of old; as you shall direct, O knower of dharma, that we shall do.”

Words: pratigraho — the receiving (of a gift), acceptance; dātṛvaśaḥ — depends on the giver; śrutam — heard; etan — this; mayā — by me; purā — of old, formerly; yathā — as; vakṣyasi — you will say, direct; dharmajña — O knower of dharma; tat — that; kariṣyāmahe — we shall do; vayam — we

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.