Chapter 3 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 3.23

दृष्ट्वा प्रणतं पार्वे कृताञ्जलिपुटं नृपः॥ गृह्याञ्जलौ समाकृष्य सस्वजे प्रियमात्मजम्।

dṛṣṭvā praṇataṃ pārve kṛtāñjalipuṭaṃ nṛpaḥ|| gṛhyāñjalau samākṛṣya sasvaje priyamātmajam|

English Meaning

Thereupon seeing Rāma at his side with clasped hands, and in lowly guise, the king took hold of Rāma's clasped hands, and drawing his beloved son, embraced the latter.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)