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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.68.8

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: he sets out with the ṛṣis and army → after four days they reach the Videhas, and Janaka comes to welcome them

1.68.8

tato rājānam āsādya vṛddhaṃ daśarathaṃ nṛpam
janako mudito rājā harṣaṃ ca paramaṃ yayau
uvāca na naraśreṣṭho naraśreṣṭhaṃ mudānvitam

Then, approaching the aged king Daśaratha, King Janaka, delighted, attained supreme joy; and the best of men (Janaka) spoke to the best of men (Daśaratha), who was filled with joy:

Words: tato — then; rājānam — the king; āsādya — having approached; vṛddhaṃ — aged; daśarathaṃ — Daśaratha; nṛpam — king; janako — Janaka; mudito — delighted; rājā — king; harṣaṃ — joy; ca — and; paramaṃ — supreme; yayau — attained, went to; uvāca — spoke; na — (particle; the sense here is 'then, and'); naraśreṣṭho — the best of men; naraśreṣṭhaṃ — to the best of men; mudānvitam — filled with joy

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.