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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.71.18

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

1.71.18

svasti prāpnuhi bhadraṃ te gamiṣyāmi svam ālayam
śrāddhakarmāṇi sarvāṇi vidhāsya iti cābravīt

“May you prosper — blessings on you; I shall go to my own lodging and perform all the śrāddha rites,” he said.

Words: svasti — well-being, prosperity; prāpnuhi — may you obtain; bhadraṃ te — blessings on you; gamiṣyāmi — I shall go; svam — my own; ālayam — lodging, dwelling; śrāddhakarmāṇi — the śrāddha (funerary) rites; sarvāṇi — all; vidhāsya — I shall perform; iti — thus; cābravīt — and he said

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.