Chapter 3 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 3.28

स तं सुस्थितमाभाष्य पुत्रं पुत्रवतां वरः॥ उवाचेदं वचो राजा देवेन्द्रमिव कश्यपः।

sa taṃ susthitamābhāṣya putraṃ putravatāṃ varaḥ|| uvācedaṃ vaco rājā devendramiva kaśyapaḥ|

English Meaning

And even as Kasyapa addressed Indra of the celestials, the king, the best of those possessing sons addressed his sons, well seated, in these words, saying.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)