Chapter 54 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 54.16

मृगपक्षिभिरासीनो मुनिभिश्च समन्ततः। राममागतमभ्यर्च्य स्वागतेनागतं मुनिः॥ प्रतिगृह्य तु ताम_मुपविष्टं स राघवम्। भरद्वाजोऽब्रवीद् वाक्यं धर्मयुक्तमिदं तदा॥

mṛgapakṣibhirāsīno munibhiśca samantataḥ| rāmamāgatamabhyarcya svāgatenāgataṃ muniḥ|| pratigṛhya tu tāma_mupaviṣṭaṃ sa rāghavam| bharadvājo'bravīd vākyaṃ dharmayuktamidaṃ tadā||

English Meaning

Then paying homage to Rāma he proceeded by short stages, and asking him, Has your journey been a pleasant one?, the ascetic sat down. And when Rāghava had sat down after receiving the homage, Bharadvāja spoke to him these words fraught with virtue.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)