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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.69.31
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 describes their royal ancestry as pure from its beginnings, righteous, heroic, and truthful → he asks for Janaka’s two daughters for Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, saying the daughters and princes are fitting equals.
1.69.31
ādivaṃśaviśuddhānāṃ rājñāṃ paramadharmiṇām
ikṣvākukulajātānāṃ vīrāṇāṃ satyavādinām
(Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa are descended) from kings pure in their ancient lineage, supremely righteous, born in the Ikṣvāku line, heroic and truthful.
Words: ādivaṃśaviśuddhānāṃ — pure in their ancient lineage; rājñāṃ — of kings; paramadharmiṇām — of the supremely righteous; ikṣvākukulajātānāṃ — born in the Ikṣvāku line; vīrāṇāṃ — of heroes; satyavādinām — of the truthful
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.