Bāla Kāṇḍa 71: Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna · 1.71.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.71.1

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 71: Vivāha: Four matches, śrāddha and godāna. Two additional matches unite all four brothers with brides, Janaka affirms shared ownership and the munis’ authority, Daśaratha performs śrāddha and godāna

In the sequence: Viśvāmitra, with Vasiṣṭha, praises the fitness of the two dynasties' alliance

1.71.1

tam uktavantaṃ vaidehaṃ viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ
uvāca vacanaṃ vīraṃ vasiṣṭhasahito nṛpam

To the Videha king who had thus spoken, the great sage Viśvāmitra, together with Vasiṣṭha, addressed these words — to that heroic king:

Words: tam — him; uktavantaṃ — who had spoken; vaidehaṃ — the Videha king; viśvāmitro — Viśvāmitra; mahāmuniḥ — the great sage; uvāca — spoke; vacanaṃ — words; vīraṃ — heroic; vasiṣṭhasahito — together with Vasiṣṭha; nṛpam — the king

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.