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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.69.25

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 account next names Sagara, describing him as born with poison, and continues through Asamañja, Aṃśumat, Dilīpa, Bhagīratha, Kakutstha, and Raghu

1.69.25

saha tena gareṇaiva jātaḥ sa sagaro 'bhavat
sagarasyāsamañjas tu asamañjād athāṃśumān

Born together with that very poison, he became (known as) Sagara; Sagara's (son) was Asamañja, and from Asamañja (came) Aṃśumān.

Words: saha — together with; tena — that; gareṇaiva — with the poison indeed; jātaḥ — born; sa — he; sagaro — Sagara; 'bhavat — became; sagarasyāsamañjas — Sagara's (son) Asamañja; tu — and; asamañjād — from Asamañja; athāṃśumān — then Aṃśumān

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.