Chapter 33 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 33

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 33.25

तत्पूर्वमैक्ष्वाकसुतो महात्मा रामो गमिष्यन् नृपमार्तरूपम्। व्यतिष्ठत प्रेक्ष्य तदा सुमन्त्रं पितुर्महात्मा प्रतिहारणार्थम्॥

tatpūrvamaikṣvākasuto mahātmā rāmo gamiṣyan nṛpamārtarūpam| vyatiṣṭhata prekṣya tadā sumantraṃ piturmahātmā pratihāraṇārtham||

English Meaning

And with the view of meeting the aggrieved king before repairing to the forest, the magnanimous son of the Ikşvāku race, seeing Sumantra, stayed there, so that that nobleminded one might inform his father of his visit.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)