Chapter 116 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 116

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 116.21

अभिनन्द्य समापृच्छय समाधाय च राघवम्। स जगामाश्रमं त्यक्त्वा कुलैः कुलपतिः सह ॥

abhinandya samāpṛcchaya samādhāya ca rāghavam| sa jagāmāśramaṃ tyaktvā kulaiḥ kulapatiḥ saha ||

English Meaning

Then having paid homage to Rāma, and spoken to him and encouraged Rāghava, the patriach ascetic renouncing the asylum, went away along with his own people.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)