Chapter 119 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 119

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 119.14

प्रहृष्टस्त्वभवद् रामो लक्ष्मणश्च महारथः। मैथिल्याः सत्क्रियां दृष्ट्वा मानुषेषु सुदुर्लभाम्॥

prahṛṣṭastvabhavad rāmo lakṣmaṇaśca mahārathaḥ| maithilyāḥ satkriyāṃ dṛṣṭvā mānuṣeṣu sudurlabhām||

English Meaning

Thereupon, witnessing the honour that had been accorded to Maithili, rare among men, Rāma became well pleased, as also that mighty car-warrior, Laksmana.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)