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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.69.2

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: At daybreak Janaka tells Śatānanda that he wants his younger brother Kuśadhvaja, ruler of Sāṃkāśyā beside the Ikṣumatī, to share the celebration

1.69.2

bhrātā mama mahātejā yavīyān atidhārmikaḥ
kuśadhvaja iti khyātaḥ purīm adhyavasac chubhām

My brother of great splendour, younger than me and exceedingly righteous, known as Kuśadhvaja, dwells in a lovely city.

Words: bhrātā — brother; mama — my; mahātejā — of great splendour; yavīyān — younger; atidhārmikaḥ — exceedingly righteous; kuśadhvaja — Kuśadhvaja; iti — thus, so named; khyātaḥ — known, renowned; purīm — a city; adhyavasac — dwells in; chubhām — lovely

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.