Chapter 15 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 15

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 15.10

स्तुवन्तं तं तदा सूतं सुमन्त्रं मन्त्रकोविदम्॥ प्रतिबुद्ध्य ततो राजा इदं वचनमब्रवीत्।

stuvantaṃ taṃ tadā sūtaṃ sumantraṃ mantrakovidam|| pratibuddhya tato rājā idaṃ vacanamabravīt|

English Meaning

Perceiving from the voice that it was charioteer Sumantra versed in good counsels, who was thus eulogising, the king rose up from his bed and thus addressed him:

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)