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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.8.9
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: privately, Sumantra recalls a prophecy he heard Sanatkumāra tell the ṛṣis. In Sumantra's account, Vibhāṇḍaka, son of Kaśyapa, raises his son, the muni Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, entirely in the forest, where he knows only his father, the sacred fire, and their disciplined way of life
1.8.9
dvaividhyaṃ brahmacaryasya bhaviṣyati mahātmanaḥ
lokeṣu prathitaṃ rājan vipraiś ca kathitaṃ sadā
There will come to be a two-fold nature to the celibacy of that great-souled one — a thing famed in the worlds, O king, and ever spoken of by the brahmins.
Words: dvaividhyaṃ — two-fold nature, duality; brahmacaryasya — of the celibacy, chaste studentship; bhaviṣyati — will be; mahātmanaḥ — of the great-souled one; lokeṣu — in the worlds; prathitaṃ — famed, renowned; rājan — O king; vipraiś — by the brahmins; ca — and; kathitaṃ — spoken of, told; sadā — always
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.