Shloka 1.18.49
पुत्रजन्मोत्सवः — Birth of the Princes and Viśvāmitra’s Arrival (Bālakāṇḍa 18)
यथाऽमृतस्य सम्प्राप्तिर्यथावर्षमनूदके।यथा सदृशदारेषु पुत्रजन्माऽप्रजस्य च ।।।।प्रणष्टस्य यथालाभो यथा हर्षो महोदये।तथैवागमनं मन्ये स्वागतं ते महामुने।।।।
yathāmṛtasya samprāptir yathā varṣam anūdake | yathā sadṛśadāreṣu putrajanmāprajasya ca ||
praṇaṣṭasya yathālābho yathā harṣo mahodaye | tathaivāgamanaṃ manye svāgataṃ te mahāmune ||
O great sage, welcome. I deem your arrival to be like the gaining of nectar, like rain upon parched land, like the birth of a son to the childless through a worthy wife, like the recovery of what was lost, and like the joy that comes with a great success.
"O great sage, welcome to you! Your arrival, to me, is like nectar (to a human being), rains to the parched land, birth of a son to the childless through his worthy wife, recovery of lost properity and festive joy in a great achievemnt.
Dharma is truthful reverence: Daśaratha openly honors virtue and tapas, showing that righteousness includes gratitude and respectful recognition of the holy.
Daśaratha formally welcomes Viśvāmitra and expresses how auspicious and life-giving the sage’s arrival feels to him through a series of similes.
Bhakti and humility in kingship—Daśaratha’s sincere, satya-filled welcome elevates the sage and models ideal royal speech.