Chapter 34 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 34

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 34.5

स सत्यवाक्यो धर्मात्मा गाम्भीर्यात् सागरोपमः। आकाश इव निष्पङ्को नरेन्द्रः प्रत्युवाच तम्॥

sa satyavākyo dharmātmā gāmbhīryāt sāgaropamaḥ| ākāśa iva niṣpaṅko narendraḥ pratyuvāca tam||

English Meaning

Thereupon, that virtuous and truthful (king) resembling the ocean by virtue of his gravity, and motionless like the welkin, answered Sumantra, saying.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)