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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.70.4

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

1.70.4

tasya putro mithir nāma janako mithi putrakaḥ
prathamo janako nāma janakād apy udāvasuḥ

His son was named Mithi; Janaka was Mithi's son — the first (king) named Janaka; and from that Janaka (came) Udāvasu.

Words: tasya — his; putro — son; mithir — Mithi; nāma — by name; janako — Janaka; mithi — of Mithi; putrakaḥ — son; prathamo — the first; janako — Janaka; nāma — by name; janakād — from Janaka; apy — also; udāvasuḥ — Udāvasu

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.