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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.70.19

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: later Sudhanvan of Sāṃkāśyā besieged Mithilā and demanded both Śiva's bow and Sītā → Janaka refused, fought and killed him, and installed Kuśadhvaja in Sāṃkāśyā

1.70.19

nihatya taṃ muniśreṣṭha sudhanvānaṃ narādhipam
sāṃkāśye bhrātaraṃ śūram abhyaṣiñcaṃ kuśadhvajam

Having slain that king Sudhanvan, O best of sages, I anointed my heroic brother Kuśadhvaja (as king) in Sāṃkāśyā.

Words: nihatya — having slain; taṃ — that; muniśreṣṭha — O best of sages; sudhanvānaṃ — Sudhanvan; narādhipam — the king; sāṃkāśye — in Sāṃkāśyā; bhrātaraṃ — brother; śūram — heroic; abhyaṣiñcaṃ — I anointed, consecrated; kuśadhvajam — 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.