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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.9.14

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 9: Story of Ṛṣyaśṛṅga: Courtesans, rain and marriage. Courtesans lure Ṛṣyaśṛṅga from his father’s forest hermitage, rain ends Aṅga’s drought and Romapāda gives him Śāntā in marriage

In the sequence: attracted by their unfamiliar appearance, he names himself and his father and invites them home

1.9.14

pitā vibhāṇḍako 'smākaṃ tasyāhaṃ suta aurasaḥ
ṛṣyaśṛṅga iti khyātaṃ nāma karma ca me bhuvi

“Our father is Vibhāṇḍaka; I am his own true-born son. On earth my name and my repute are known as Ṛṣyaśṛṅga.

Words: pitā — the father; vibhāṇḍako — Vibhāṇḍaka; 'smākaṃ — our; tasyāhaṃ — of him I; suta — son; aurasaḥ — own-begotten, true-born; ṛṣyaśṛṅga — Ṛṣyaśṛṅga; iti — thus, by name; khyātaṃ — renowned, known; nāma — name; karma — deeds, repute; ca — and; me — my; bhuvi — on earth

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.