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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.8.18

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: the King and ministers consider how to fetch him, but the proposed envoys fear Ṛṣyaśṛṅga and initially refuse

1.8.18

tato rājā viniścitya saha mantribhir ātmavān
purohitam amātyāṃś ca preṣayiṣyati satkṛtān

Then the self-possessed king, having resolved together with his ministers, will send the family priest and his honoured counsellors.

Words: tato — then; rājā — the king; viniścitya — having resolved, decided; saha — together with; mantribhir — his ministers; ātmavān — self-possessed, resolute; purohitam — the family priest; amātyāṃś — the counsellors; ca — and; preṣayiṣyati — will send; satkṛtān — honoured

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.