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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.70.8

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

1.70.8

sudhṛter api dharmātmā dhṛṣṭaketuḥ sudhārmikaḥ
dhṛṣṭaketos tu rājarṣer haryaśva iti viśrutaḥ

Sudhṛti's (son) too was the righteous Dhṛṣṭaketu, most dutiful; and of the royal seer Dhṛṣṭaketu (the son) was renowned as Haryaśva.

Words: sudhṛter — of Sudhṛti; api — also; dharmātmā — the righteous-souled; dhṛṣṭaketuḥ — Dhṛṣṭaketu; sudhārmikaḥ — most dutiful, very righteous; dhṛṣṭaketos — of Dhṛṣṭaketu; tu — and; rājarṣer — of the royal seer; haryaśva — Haryaśva; iti — thus, so; viśrutaḥ — 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.