Then on the next day morning after getting the daily ritual performed through sages, he that articulator Janaka articulated this to sage Shataananda, his royal priest: - [1-70-1]
- 'The extremely righteous, renowned and most brilliant Kusadhwaja, my younger brother is (at present) ruling the sacred kingdom of Sankasya,..... - [1-70-2]
- which city is surrounded by River Ikshumati as a natural moat, in which moat bastions of tridents are staked all around... and my brother presides over that city as if he is sitting in the Pushpaka aircraft and as though supping ( the sugarcane juice-like ) water of River Ikshumati... [1-70-3]
तमहं द्रष्टुमिच्छामि यज्ञगोप्ता स मे मतः | प्रीतिं सोऽपि महातेजा इमां भोक्ता मया सह || १-७०-४
And I wish to see him, as he is the nominated benefactor of this Vedic-ritual of mine, and he too shall become a rejoicer in partaking the joyousness of this marriage... ' ( So said Janaka to Shataananda ). [1-70-4]
That way when Janaka asseverated that enunciation in the presence of Shataananda, then some alacritous envoys came, whom Janaka ordered to proceed to his brother. [1-70-5]