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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.70.3

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: he begins with Nimi, Mithi, the first Janaka, Udāvasu, Nandivardhana, Suketu, Devarāta, Bṛhadratha, Mahāvīra, Sudhṛti, Dhṛṣṭaketu, and Haryaśva

1.70.3

rājābhūt triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ svena karmaṇā
nimiḥ paramadharmātmā sarvasattvavatāṃ varaḥ

There was a king renowned throughout the three worlds by his own deeds — Nimi, supremely righteous of soul, the best of all beings endowed with strength.

Words: rājābhūt — there was a king; triṣu — in the three; lokeṣu — worlds; viśrutaḥ — renowned, famous; svena — by his own; karmaṇā — deed, action; nimiḥ — Nimi; paramadharmātmā — supremely righteous of soul; sarvasattvavatāṃ — of all endowed with strength/virtue; varaḥ — the best

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.