Chapter 3 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 3.5

राज्ञस्तूपरते वाक्ये जनघोषो महानभूत्। शनैस्तस्मिन् प्रशान्ते च जनघोषे जनाधिपः॥ वसिष्ठं मुनिशार्दूलं राजा वचनमब्रवीत्।

rājñastūparate vākye janaghoṣo mahānabhūt| śanaistasmin praśānte ca janaghoṣe janādhipaḥ|| vasiṣṭhaṃ muniśārdūlaṃ rājā vacanamabravīt|

English Meaning

When the king paused, there arose a mighty tumult from the multitude. And when it subsided, that lord of men, the king, addressed that foremost of ascetics, Vasiştha saying.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)