Chapter 14 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 14

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 14.30

तं तु पूर्वोदितं वृद्धं द्वारस्था राजसम्मताः। न शेकुरभिसंरोद्धं राज्ञः प्रियचिकीर्षवः॥

taṃ tu pūrvoditaṃ vṛddhaṃ dvārasthā rājasammatāḥ| na śekurabhisaṃroddhaṃ rājñaḥ priyacikīrṣavaḥ||

English Meaning

And advanced in years, he had before this been granted free access everywhere, so that the warders, loved of the king and seeking his good, could not prevent his entrance.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)