Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 69: Daśaratha Reaches Mithilā
Text 1.69.8
गत्वा चतुरहं मार्गं विदेहानभ्युपेयिवान्।
राजा तु जनकः श्रीमाञ्श्रुत्वा पूजामकल्पयत्॥
gatvā catur-ahaṁ mārgaṁ videhān abhyupeyivān
rājā tu janakaḥ śrīmāñ śrutvā pūjām akalpayat
gatvā = having traveled; catuḥ-aham = for four days; mārgam = on the way; videhān = Videha; abhyupeyivān = he reached; rājā tu janakaḥ = King Janaka; śrīmān = the auspicious; śrutvā = hearing [of his arrival]; pūjām akalpayat = arranged to honor him.
Having traveled for four days on the way, he reached Videha. Hearing [of his arrival], the auspicious King Janaka arranged to honor him.