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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.69.12

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 69: Vivāha: Kuśadhvaja’s arrival and the Ikṣvāku lineage. Kuśadhvaja joins the assembly, Vasiṣṭha recounts the Ikṣvāku lineage and asks for Janaka’s two daughters for Rāma & Lakṣmaṇa

In the sequence: the brothers send their minister Sudāman to invite Daśaratha with his sons, advisers, and priests → Daśaratha joins the assembly and identifies Vasiṣṭha as his family’s spokesman in all undertakings → with Viśvāmitra’s leave and the other ṛṣis present, Vasiṣṭha addresses Janaka and his priest to declare Daśaratha’s lineage.

1.69.12

mantriśreṣṭhavacaḥ śrutvā rājā sarṣigaṇas tadā
sabandhur agamat tatra janako yatra vartate

Hearing the words of the chief counsellor, the king, together with the host of sages and his kinsmen, then went to where Janaka was.

Words: mantriśreṣṭhavacaḥ — the words of the best of counsellors; śrutvā — having heard; rājā — the king; sarṣigaṇas — with the host of sages; tadā — then; sabandhur — with his kinsmen; agamat — went; tatra — there; janako — Janaka; yatra — where; vartate — was, dwelt

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.