Chapter 56 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 56

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 56.53

इतीव तत् प्राश्य हविर्वरानना जहौ क्षुधादुःखसमुद्भवं च तम्। इन्द्रात् प्रवृत्तिमुपलभ्य जानकी काकुत्स्थयोः प्रीतमना बभूव ॥

itīva tat prāśya havirvarānanā jahau kṣudhāduḥkhasamudbhavaṃ ca tam| indrāt pravṛttimupalabhya jānakī kākutsthayoḥ prītamanā babhūva ||

English Meaning

Having thus eaten it, that one of excellent countenance, had her hunger and rising sorrow removed; and attaining a mental tendency from Indra, Janaki grew glad with reference to the Kakutsthas.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)