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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.69.4

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

1.69.4

tam ahaṃ draṣṭum icchāmi yajñagoptā sa me mataḥ
prītiṃ so 'pi mahātejā iṃmāṃ bhoktā mayā saha

I wish to see him; he is regarded by me as the protector of my sacrifice; and he too, of great splendour, will share this joy together with me.

Words: tam — him; ahaṃ — I; draṣṭum — to see; icchāmi — wish; yajñagoptā — the protector of the sacrifice; sa — he; me — by me; mataḥ — regarded, deemed; prītiṃ — joy, delight; so 'pi — he too; mahātejā — of great splendour; iṃmāṃ — this; bhoktā — will enjoy, will share; mayā saha — together with me

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.