Chapter 29 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 29

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 29.1

खरं तु विरथं रामो गदापाणिमवस्थितम्। मृदुपूर्वं महातेजाः परुषं वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥

kharaṃ tu virathaṃ rāmo gadāpāṇimavasthitam| mṛdupūrvaṃ mahātejāḥ paruṣaṃ vākyamabravīt||

English Meaning

And to Khara deprived of his car standing with a mace in his hand, that exceedingly energetic one, Rāma, precluding his speech with mildness, spoke.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)