Chapter 16 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 16.22

अथ मध्यमकक्ष्यायां समागच्छत् सुहृज्जनैः। स सर्वानर्थिनो दृष्ट्वा समेत्य प्रतिनन्द्य च ॥ ततः पावकसंकाशमारुरोह रथोत्तमम्। वैयाघ्रं पुरुषव्याघ्रो राजितं राजनन्दनः॥

atha madhyamakakṣyāyāṃ samāgacchat suhṛjjanaiḥ| sa sarvānarthino dṛṣṭvā sametya pratinandya ca || tataḥ pāvakasaṃkāśamāruroha rathottamam| vaiyāghraṃ puruṣavyāghro rājitaṃ rājanandanaḥ||

English Meaning

And met all his friends assembled at the middle apartment. Then that great son of the king, casting a glance upon them all who were present there to see him and pleasing them with sweet words ascended, like to the thousand-eyed Indra.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)