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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.73.2

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 73: Paraśurāma: Omens and the encounter on the road home. Janaka gives bridal wealth and the company leaves Mithilā, mixed omens and a dust-darkened sky precede Paraśurāma’s armed appearance

In the sequence: Daśaratha prepares to return to Ayodhyā

1.73.2

viśvāmitro gate rājā vaidehaṃ mithilādhipam
āpṛcchyātha jagāmāśu rājā daśarathaḥ purīm

When Viśvāmitra had gone, King Daśaratha, having taken leave of the Videha king, lord of Mithilā, then quickly set out for his own city.

Words: viśvāmitro — Viśvāmitra; gate — having gone (loc. abs.); rājā — the king; vaidehaṃ — the Videha king; mithilādhipam — lord of Mithilā; āpṛcchyātha — having taken leave, then; jagāmāśu — went quickly; rājā — king; daśarathaḥ — Daśaratha; purīm — to the city

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.