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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.8.22

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: Sumantra says that this same Ṛṣyaśṛṅga will obtain sons for Daśaratha → delighted, Daśaratha asks to hear exactly how the young tapasvin was brought.

1.8.22

ṛṣyaśṛṅgas tu jāmātā putrāṃs tava vidhāsyati
sanatkumārakathitam etāvad vyāhṛtaṃ mayā

And Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, as your son-in-law, will procure sons for you. This much, as told by Sanatkumāra, has been declared by me.”

Words: ṛṣyaśṛṅgas — Ṛṣyaśṛṅga; tu — and, indeed; jāmātā — as son-in-law; putrāṃs — sons; tava — for you; vidhāsyati — will procure, bring about; sanatkumārakathitam — told by Sanatkumāra; etāvad — this much; vyāhṛtaṃ — declared, spoken; mayā — by me

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.