Chapter 34 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 34

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 34.22

एवमुक्तो नृपतिनां रामो धर्मभृतां वरः। प्रत्युवाचाञ्जलिं कृत्वा पितरं वाक्यकोविदः॥

evamukto nṛpatināṃ rāmo dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ| pratyuvācāñjaliṃ kṛtvā pitaraṃ vākyakovidaḥ||

English Meaning

Thus addressed by the monarch, Rāma, the best of the righteous, well versed in speech, with joined hands addressed his father thus.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)