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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.69.8
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
1.69.8
rājārhaṃ paramaṃ divyam āsanaṃ cādhyarohata
upaviṣṭāv ubhau tau tu bhrātarāv amitaujasau
...he mounted a supreme, divine seat fit for a king; and the two brothers of immeasurable might were seated.
Words: rājārhaṃ — fit for a king; paramaṃ — supreme; divyam — divine; āsanaṃ — seat; cādhyarohata — and mounted; upaviṣṭāv — seated (dual); ubhau — both; tau — those two; tu — and; bhrātarāv — the two brothers; amitaujasau — of immeasurable might (dual)
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.