Chapter 15 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 15

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 15.5

एवमुक्तस्तु रामेण लक्ष्मणः संयताञ्जलिः। सीतासमक्षं काकुत्स्थमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥

evamuktastu rāmeṇa lakṣmaṇaḥ saṃyatāñjaliḥ| sītāsamakṣaṃ kākutsthamidaṃ vacanamabravīt||

English Meaning

Thus addressed by Rāma. Lakşmaņa with joined hands, said to Kākutstha in the presence of Sītā,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)