Chapter 52 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 52.25

अदृष्टदुःखं राजानं वृद्धमार्यं जितेन्द्रियम्। ब्रूयास्त्वमभिवाद्यैव मम हेतोरिदं वचः॥

adṛṣṭaduḥkhaṃ rājānaṃ vṛddhamāryaṃ jitendriyam| brūyāstvamabhivādyaiva mama hetoridaṃ vacaḥ||

English Meaning

Do you saluting him for me say these words to the aged monarch who has his senses under complete control, and who has never seen misfortune before.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)