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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.8.13

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 8: Daśaratha seeks sons: Sumantra’s prophecy. Daśaratha proposes a sacrifice for sons, Sumantra recalls Sanatkumāra’s prophecy and the story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga’s arrival in drought-stricken Aṅga

In the sequence: a transgression by Romapāda, King of Aṅga, brings a terrible drought → the distressed King asks learned brāhmaṇas how to make amends

1.8.13

anāvṛṣṭyāṃ tu vṛttāyāṃ rājā duḥkhasamanvitaḥ
brāhmaṇāñ śrutavṛddhāṃś ca samānīya pravakṣyati

When the drought has set in, the king, filled with sorrow, having gathered the brahmins who are aged in sacred learning, will say:

Words: anāvṛṣṭyāṃ — in the drought; tu — and; vṛttāyāṃ — having occurred (loc. abs.); rājā — the king; duḥkhasamanvitaḥ — filled with sorrow; brāhmaṇāñ — the brahmins; śrutavṛddhāṃś — aged in sacred learning; ca — and; samānīya — having gathered together; pravakṣyati — will say

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.