Chapter 5 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 5.21

तमागतमभिप्रेक्ष्य हित्वा राजासनं नृपः। पप्रच्छ स्वमतं तस्मै कृतमित्यभिवेदयत्॥

tamāgatamabhiprekṣya hitvā rājāsanaṃ nṛpaḥ| papraccha svamataṃ tasmai kṛtamityabhivedayat||

English Meaning

Seeing him come, the king rising up from his royal seat, asked Vasiştha whether his intention had been carried out, whereupon Vasiştha answered that it had.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)