Chapter 3 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 3.33

सा हिरण्यं च गाश्चैव रत्नानि विविधानि च॥ व्यादिदेश प्रियाख्येभ्यः कौसल्या प्रमदोत्तमा।

sā hiraṇyaṃ ca gāścaiva ratnāni vividhāni ca|| vyādideśa priyākhyebhyaḥ kausalyā pramadottamā|

English Meaning

Thereupon that foremost of her sex Kausalyā ordered gold and kine and various kinds of gems to be given to the tellers of the glad tidings.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)