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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.69.5

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: swift messengers fetch him → Kuśadhvaja salutes Janaka and Śatānanda and takes his seat

1.69.5

śāsanāt tu narendrasya prayayuḥ śīghravājibhiḥ
samānetuṃ naravyāghraṃ viṣṇum indrājñayā yathā

At the king's command (the messengers) set out with swift horses to fetch the tiger among men, as at Indra's command (the gods go to fetch) Viṣṇu.

Words: śāsanāt — by the command; tu — and; narendrasya — of the king; prayayuḥ — they set out; śīghravājibhiḥ — with swift horses; samānetuṃ — to bring, fetch; naravyāghraṃ — the tiger among men; viṣṇum — Viṣṇu; indrājñayā — by Indra's command; yathā — as, just as

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.