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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.69.26

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

1.69.26

dilīpo 'ṃśumataḥ putro dilīpasya bhagīrathaḥ
bhagīrathāt kakutsthaś ca kakutsthasya raghus tathā

Dilīpa was the son of Aṃśumat; Dilīpa's (son) was Bhagīratha; from Bhagīratha (came) Kakutstha; and Kakutstha's (son) was Raghu.

Words: dilīpo — Dilīpa; 'ṃśumataḥ — of Aṃśumat; putro — son; dilīpasya — of Dilīpa; bhagīrathaḥ — Bhagīratha; bhagīrathāt — from Bhagīratha; kakutsthaś — Kakutstha; ca — and; kakutsthasya — of Kakutstha; raghus — Raghu; tathā — likewise

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.