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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.69.7
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
1.69.7
sa dadarśa mahātmānaṃ janakaṃ dharmavatsalam
so 'bhivādya śatānandaṃ rājānaṃ cāpi dhārmikam
He saw the great-souled Janaka, devoted to dharma; and having saluted Śatānanda and also the righteous king,
Words: sa — he; dadarśa — saw; mahātmānaṃ — the great-souled; janakaṃ — Janaka; dharmavatsalam — devoted to dharma; so 'bhivādya — and he, having saluted; śatānandaṃ — Śatānanda; rājānaṃ — the king; cāpi — and also; dhārmikam — the righteous
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.