Chapter 52 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 52.19

ततस्तु विगते वाष्पे सूतं स्पृष्टोदकं शुचिम्। रामस्तु मधुरं वाक्यं पुनः पुनरुवाच तम्॥

tatastu vigate vāṣpe sūtaṃ spṛṣṭodakaṃ śucim| rāmastu madhuraṃ vākyaṃ punaḥ punaruvāca tam||

English Meaning

Then when he had dried up his tears, and sanctified himself by touching the water of the Gangā, Rāma again addressed the charioteer in sweet words, saying.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)