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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.70.14

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 70: Vivāha: The Videha lineage and the wedding date. Janaka recounts the Videha lineage and Kuśadhvaja’s accession, offers Sītā & Ūrmilā and appoints the wedding day and preparatory rites

In the sequence: after his father's death, Janaka continued ruling and protecting Kuśadhvaja

1.70.14

māṃ tu jyeṣṭhaṃ pitā rājye so 'bhiṣicya narādhipaḥ
kuśadhvajaṃ samāveśya bhāraṃ mayi vanaṃ gataḥ

My father the king, having anointed me, the elder, to the kingship, and having placed Kuśadhvaja (in my care) and laid the burden upon me, went to the forest.

Words: māṃ — me; tu — and; jyeṣṭhaṃ — the elder; pitā — father; rājye — to the kingship, in the kingdom; so 'bhiṣicya — he, having anointed; narādhipaḥ — the king; kuśadhvajaṃ — Kuśadhvaja; samāveśya — having placed, settled (in my care); bhāraṃ — the burden; mayi — upon me; vanaṃ — to the forest; gataḥ — went

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.