Chapter 116 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 116

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 116.22

रामः संसाध्य ऋषिगणमनुगमनाद् देशात् तस्मात् कुलपतिमभिवाद्य ऋषिम्। सम्यक्प्रीतैस्तैरनुमत उपदिष्टार्थः पुण्यं वासाय स्वनिलयमुपसम्पेदे॥

rāmaḥ saṃsādhya ṛṣigaṇamanugamanād deśāt tasmāt kulapatimabhivādya ṛṣim| samyakprītaistairanumata upadiṣṭārthaḥ puṇyaṃ vāsāya svanilayamupasampede||

English Meaning

And Rāma having (for a time) followed the sage who was departing from that place, and having paid him respects, being permitted by them, well-pleased, and advised (as to what it behoved him to do), came to his quarters reposing there.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)