Chapter 1 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 1.45

स लब्धमानैर्विनयान्वितैर्नृपः पुरालयैर्जानपदैश्च मानवैः। उपोपविष्टैर्नृपतिर्वृतो बभौ सहस्रचक्षुर्भगवानिवामरैः॥

sa labdhamānairvinayānvitairnṛpaḥ purālayairjānapadaiśca mānavaiḥ| upopaviṣṭairnṛpatirvṛto babhau sahasracakṣurbhagavānivāmaraiḥ||

English Meaning

Surrounded by those prime and noble of the various provinces, and all those lowly rulers, who had been received honourably and who generally resided at Ayodhyā, the sovereign appeared like to the adorable thousand-eyed (one) surrounded by the immortals. 51

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)