Verse 5·VR 1.11.5

अनपत्योऽस्मि धर्मात्मन् शांताभर्ता मम क्रतुम् | आहरेत त्वयाज्ञप्तः संतानार्थं कुलस्य च || १-११-५

anapatyo.asmi dharmaatman shaaMtaa bhartaa mama kratum | aahareta tvayaa aaj~naptaH saMtaanaartham kulasya ca || 1-11-5

Translation

Then king Dasharatha says to king of Anga "oh, righteous one, I am childless and hence I intend to perform a Vedic ritual. Let the husband of your daughter Shanta, Sage Rishyasringa, preside over that Vedic ritual at you behest, for the sake of progeny in my dynasty. [1-11-5]

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dharmaatman

oh virtuous-soul

anapatyaH asmi

childless, I am

shaantaabhartaa tvayaa aaj~naptaH

instructed by you, the husband of Shanta

mama kulasya santaanaartham

for the sake of progeny of my dynasty

kratum aahareta

Vedic ritual, will preside over.

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Dasharatha brings Rishyasringa to Ayodhya

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