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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.68.4

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: At dawn Daśaratha orders the treasurers to travel ahead with wealth and jewels and the fourfold army to prepare → Vasiṣṭha, Vāmadeva, Jābāli, Kāśyapa, Mārkaṇḍeya, and Kātyāyana are to lead the company of brāhmaṇas

1.68.4

vasiṣṭho vāmadevaś ca jābālir atha kāśyapaḥ
mārkaṇḍeyaś ca dīrghāyur ṛṣiḥ kātyāyanas tathā

Vasiṣṭha and Vāmadeva, Jābāli and Kāśyapa, and the long-lived Mārkaṇḍeya, and likewise the sage Kātyāyana —

Words: vasiṣṭho — Vasiṣṭha; vāmadevaś ca — and Vāmadeva; jābālir — Jābāli; atha — and, then; kāśyapaḥ — Kāśyapa; mārkaṇḍeyaś ca — and Mārkaṇḍeya; dīrghāyur — the long-lived; ṛṣiḥ — the sage; kātyāyanas — Kātyāyana; tathā — likewise

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.