Verse 4·VR 1.69.4

वसिष्ठो वामदेवश्च जाबालिरथ काश्यपः | मार्कण्डेयश्च दीर्घायुर्ऋषिः कात्यायनस्तथा || १-६९-४ एते द्विजाः प्रयान्त्वग्रे स्यंदनं योजयस्व मे | यथा कालात्ययो न स्याद्दूता हि त्वरयन्ति माम् || १-६९-५

vasiShTho vaamadevaH ca jaabaaliH atha kaashyapaH | maarkaNDeyaH ca diirghaayuH R^iShiH kaatyaayanaH tathaa || 1-69-4 ete dvijaaH prayaantu agre syaMdanam yojayasva me | yathaa kaala atyayo na syaat duutaa hi tvarayanti maam || 1-69-5

Translation

"Vashishta, Vaamadeva, Jaabaali and Kaashyapa, and the long-lived Maarkandeya, and Sage Kaatyaayana... let these Brahmans travel in forefront... and let horses be yoked to my royal-cariole, and as the messengers of Janaka are hastening me arrange for the travel without time lapse..." Thus Dasharatha ordered. [1-69-4, 5]

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, 5. vasiSThaH vaamadevaH ca

Vashishta, Vaamadeva, also

atha

then

jaabaaliH kaashyapaH

Jaabaali, Kaashyapa

diirghaayuH maarkaNDeyaH ca

long lived one - one who has longevity, Maarkandeya, also

tathaa

likewise

R^iSiH kaatyaayanaH

sage, Kaatyaayana

ete dvijaaH

these, Brahmans

agre prayaantu

let them travel in forefront

me syandanam yojayasva

let it be yoked [with horses] to my royal-cariole

kaalaatyayaH yathaa na syaat

as to how time lapse will not be there; do it likewise

duutaaH maam tvarayanti hi

messengers [of Janaka,] hastening me, indeed.

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69

Dasharatha arrives at Mithila

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