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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.69.18

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

1.69.18

vivasvān kaśyapāj jajñe manur vaivaivataḥ smṛtaḥ
manuḥ prajāpatiḥ pūrvam ikṣvākus tu manoḥ sutaḥ

From Kaśyapa was born Vivasvān; Manu is remembered as the son of Vivasvat (Vaivasvata); Manu was formerly a Prajāpati (lord of creatures), and Ikṣvāku was Manu's son.

Words: vivasvān — Vivasvān (the Sun); kaśyapāj — from Kaśyapa; jajñe — was born; manur — Manu; vaivaivataḥ — the son of Vivasvat (Vaivasvata); smṛtaḥ — is remembered, known as; manuḥ — Manu; prajāpatiḥ — a Prajāpati, lord of creatures; pūrvam — formerly, of old; ikṣvākus — Ikṣvāku; tu — and; manoḥ — of Manu; 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.