Chapter 52 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 52.11

ततोऽब्रवीद् दाशरथिः सुमन्त्रं स्पृशन् करेणोत्तमदक्षिणेन। सुमन्त्र शीघ्रं पुनरेव याहि राज्ञः सकाशे भव चाप्रमत्तः॥

tato'bravīd dāśarathiḥ sumantraṃ spṛśan kareṇottamadakṣiṇena| sumantra śīghraṃ punareva yāhi rājñaḥ sakāśe bhava cāpramattaḥ||

English Meaning

Thereupon Dasaratha's touching Sumantra by his goodly right hand, said, “O Sumantra, do you again repair to the monarch, but let your senses be unclouded.”

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)