Chapter 16 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 16.4

तानुवाच विनीतात्मा सूतपुत्रः प्रदक्षिणः। क्षिप्रमाख्यात रामाय सुमन्त्रो द्वारि तिष्ठति॥ ते राममुपसङ्गम्य भर्तुः प्रियचिकीर्षवः। सहभार्याय रामाय क्षिप्रमेवाचचक्षिरे॥

tānuvāca vinītātmā sūtaputraḥ pradakṣiṇaḥ| kṣipramākhyāta rāmāya sumantro dvāri tiṣṭhati|| te rāmamupasaṅgamya bhartuḥ priyacikīrṣavaḥ| sahabhāryāya rāmāya kṣipramevācacakṣire||

English Meaning

The humble minded charioteer then said to them, Go and speedily communicate to Rāma that Sumantra is waiting at the gate. At this the warders, desirous of doing good to their master, nearing Rāma, speedily communicated these words to him who was in the company of his wife.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)