Chapter 39 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 39

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 39.32

तां प्राञ्जलिरभिप्रेक्ष्य मातृमध्येऽतिसत्कृताम्। रामः परमधर्मात्मा मातरं वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥

tāṃ prāñjalirabhiprekṣya mātṛmadhye'tisatkṛtām| rāmaḥ paramadharmātmā mātaraṃ vākyamabravīt||

English Meaning

Then with joined hands that foremost of virtuous ones addressed his mother, who, duly honoured by all, was seated in the midst of his other mothers, saying.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)