Chapter 4 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 4.9

प्रणमन्तं तमुत्थाप्य सम्परिष्वज्य भूमिपः। प्रदिश्य चासनं चात्मै रामं च पुनरब्रवीत्॥

praṇamantaṃ tamutthāpya sampariṣvajya bhūmipaḥ| pradiśya cāsanaṃ cātmai rāmaṃ ca punarabravīt||

English Meaning

Thereupon raising Räma as he was bending down, and embracing him, and pointing out a seat, the protector of the earth again spoke to him.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)