Chapter 14 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 14

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 14.31

स समीपस्थितो राज्ञस्तामवस्थामजज्ञिवान्। वाग्भिः परमतुष्टाभिरभिष्टोतुं प्रचक्रमे॥

sa samīpasthito rājñastāmavasthāmajajñivān| vāgbhiḥ paramatuṣṭābhirabhiṣṭotuṃ pracakrame||

English Meaning

Not knowing the plight that had befallen the king, Sumantra presenting himself before him, endeavoured to gladden the latter with pleasing speech.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)