Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 50: King Janaka Meets Viśvāmitra
Text 1.50.6
विश्वामित्रमनु प्राप्तं श्रुत्वा स नृपतिस्तदा।
शतानन्दं पुरस्कृत्य पुरोहितमनिन्दितम्।
प्रत्युज्जगाम सहसा विनयेन समन्वितः॥
viśvāmitram anu prāptaṁ śrutvā sa nṛ-patis tadā
śatānandaṁ puraskṛtya purohitam aninditam
pratyujjagāma sahasā vinayena samanvitaḥ
viśvāmitram anuprāptam śrutvā = upon hearing that Viśvāmitra had arrived; saḥ nṛ-patiḥ tadā = the king; śatānandam = Śatānanda; puraskṛtya = keeping before him; purohitam = his priest; aninditam = faultless; pratyujjagāma = went out; sahasā = immediately; vinayena samanvitaḥ = with humility.
Upon hearing that Viśvāmitra had arrived, the king went out immediately with humility, keeping his faultless priest Śatānanda before him.
[As per scriptural regulations,] King Janaka did not cross the boundaries of the temporary place constructed for him to prepare himself for initiation into his sacrifice.