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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.71.17

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: Janaka rises with joined palms, declares himself always the disciple of Vasiṣṭha and Viśvāmitra, and offers them seats of honor → he declares that his city belongs to Daśaratha just as Ayodhyā belongs to him, and assures the two munis of their authority to act as is fitting → Daśaratha praises both brothers' hospitality and asks leave to perform śrāddha rites

1.71.17

yuvām asaṃkhyeya guṇau bhrātarau mithileśvarau
ṛṣayo rājasaṃghāś ca bhavadbhyām abhipūjitāḥ

You two brothers, lords of Mithilā, are of incalculable virtues; by you the seers and the assemblies of kings have been fittingly honoured.

Words: yuvām — you two; asaṃkhyeya — incalculable, countless; guṇau — of virtues (dual); bhrātarau — two brothers; mithileśvarau — the two lords of Mithilā; ṛṣayo — the seers; rājasaṃghāś — assemblies of kings; ca — and; bhavadbhyām — by you two; abhipūjitāḥ — honoured, worshipped

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.