← 1.8.14 · Bāla Kāṇḍa 8: Daśaratha seeks sons: Sumantra’s prophecy · 1.8.16 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.8.15

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: they advise bringing Ṛṣyaśṛṅga and marrying him to the King's daughter Śāntā

1.8.15

vakṣyanti te mahīpālaṃ brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ
vibhāṇḍakasutaṃ rājan sarvopāyair ihānaya

Those brahmins, masters of the Vedas, will say to that protector of the earth: “O king, bring the son of Vibhāṇḍaka here by every means.”

Words: vakṣyanti — will say; te — those; mahīpālaṃ — to the protector of the earth; brāhmaṇā — the brahmins; vedapāragāḥ — masters of the Vedas; vibhāṇḍakasutaṃ — the son of Vibhāṇḍaka; rājan — O king; sarvopāyair — by every means; ihānaya — bring here

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.