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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.69.19

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 succession continues through Vikukṣi, Bāṇa, Anaraṇya, Pṛthu, Triśaṅku, Dhundhumāra, Yuvanāśva, Māndhātṛ, and Susaṃdhi → Susaṃdhi has two sons, Dhruvasaṃdhi and Prasenajit, and the line continues through Dhruvasaṃdhi's son Bharata and Bharata's son Asita

1.69.19

tam ikṣvākum ayodhyāyāṃ rājānaṃ viddhi pūrvakam
ikṣvākos tu sutaḥ śrīmān vikukṣir udapadyata

Know that Ikṣvāku to have been the first king in Ayodhyā; and Ikṣvāku's illustrious son Vikukṣi was born.

Words: tam — that; ikṣvākum — Ikṣvāku; ayodhyāyāṃ — in Ayodhyā; rājānaṃ — king; viddhi — know; pūrvakam — the first, original; ikṣvākos — of Ikṣvāku; tu — and; sutaḥ — son; śrīmān — illustrious; vikukṣir — Vikukṣi; udapadyata — was born, arose

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.