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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.9.29
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: Romapāda comes out, bows to the ground, offers hospitality, and begs that the brāhmaṇa feel no anger → he gives Śāntā to him in marriage → Ṛṣyaśṛṅga remains with her, honored and comfortably provided for.
1.9.29
varṣeṇaivāgataṃ vipraṃ viṣayaṃ svaṃ narādhipaḥ
pratyudgamya muniṃ prahvaḥ śirasā ca mahīṃ gataḥ
Going forth to meet the sage, the brahmin who had come to his realm along with the rain, the king bowed low and touched the ground with his head.
Words: varṣeṇaivāgataṃ — come along with the very rain; vipraṃ — the brahmin; viṣayaṃ — to the realm, territory; svaṃ — his own; narādhipaḥ — the king; pratyudgamya — having gone forth to meet; muniṃ — the sage; prahvaḥ — bowing low, humbly; śirasā — with his head; ca — and; mahīṃ — the earth, ground; gataḥ — went to, touched
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.