Chapter 20 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 20.11

प्रविश्य प्रथमां कक्ष्यां द्वितीयायां ददर्श सः। ब्राह्मणान् वेदसम्पन्नान् वृद्धान् राज्ञाभिसत्कृतान्॥

praviśya prathamāṃ kakṣyāṃ dvitīyāyāṃ dadarśa saḥ| brāhmaṇān vedasampannān vṛddhān rājñābhisatkṛtān||

English Meaning

Having passed through the first apartment he saw in the second, many.old Brahmanas, versed in the Vedas and honoured by the king.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)