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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.69.6

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

1.69.6

ājñayā tu narendrasya ājagāma kuśadhvajaḥ
ājagāma kuśadhvajaḥ

And at the king's command Kuśadhvaja came.

Words: ājñayā — by the command; tu — and; narendrasya — of the king; ājagāma — came; kuśadhvajaḥ — Kuśadhvaja

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.