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)