Chapter 49 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 49

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 49.11

सूत इत्येव चाभाष्य सारथिं तमभीक्ष्णशः। हंसमत्तस्वरः श्रीमानुवाच पुरुषोत्तमः॥

sūta ityeva cābhāṣya sārathiṃ tamabhīkṣṇaśaḥ| haṃsamattasvaraḥ śrīmānuvāca puruṣottamaḥ||

English Meaning

Then frequently addressing the charioteer, saying, "O Suta", that best of men furnished with grace and endowed with a voice like that of a mad swan, spoke.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)