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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.68.15

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

1.68.15

tad dharmiṣṭhaṃ yaśasyaṃ ca vacanaṃ satyavādinaḥ
śrutvā videhādhipatiḥ paraṃ vismayam āgataḥ

Hearing that most righteous and glorious speech of the truthful one, the lord of Videha was struck with the greatest wonder.

Words: tad — that; dharmiṣṭhaṃ — most righteous; yaśasyaṃ — glorious, honorable; ca — and; vacanaṃ — speech; satyavādinaḥ — of the truthful one; śrutvā — having heard; videhādhipatiḥ — the lord of Videha; paraṃ — supreme, greatest; vismayam — wonder; āgataḥ — came to, was struck with

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.