Chapter 10 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 10

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 10.1

वाक्यमेतत् तु वैदेह्या व्याहृतं भर्तृभक्तया। श्रुत्वा धर्मे स्थितो रामः प्रत्युवाचाथ जानकीम्॥

vākyametat tu vaidehyā vyāhṛtaṃ bhartṛbhaktayā| śrutvā dharme sthito rāmaḥ pratyuvācātha jānakīm||

English Meaning

Hearing Vaidehi's words spoken through high regard (for her husband), Rāma with his energy enhanced, answered Janaka's daughter.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)