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)