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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.69.17
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: Vasiṣṭha traces the ancestry from Brahmā through Marīci, Kaśyapa, Vivasvat, Manu, and Ikṣvāku, the first King of Ayodhyā
1.69.17
avyaktaprabhavo brahmā śāśvato nitya avyayaḥ
tasmān marīciḥ saṃjajñe marīceḥ kaśyapaḥ sutaḥ
From the Unmanifest arose Brahmā, eternal, everlasting, imperishable; from him was born Marīci; Marīci's son was Kaśyapa.
Words: avyaktaprabhavo — arising from the Unmanifest; brahmā — Brahmā; śāśvato — eternal; nitya — everlasting; avyayaḥ — imperishable; tasmān — from him; marīciḥ — Marīci; saṃjajñe — was born; marīceḥ — of Marīci; kaśyapaḥ — Kaśyapa; sutaḥ — son
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.