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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.70.6

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

1.70.6

suketor api dharmātmā devarāto mahābalaḥ
devarātasya rājarṣer bṛhadratha iti śrutaḥ

Suketu's (son) too was the righteous Devarāta of great strength; and of the royal seer Devarāta (the son) was known as Bṛhadratha.

Words: suketor — of Suketu; api — also; dharmātmā — the righteous-souled; devarāto — Devarāta; mahābalaḥ — of great strength; devarātasya — of Devarāta; rājarṣer — of the royal seer; bṛhadratha — Bṛhadratha; iti — thus, so; śrutaḥ — known, renowned

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.