Chapter 55 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 55

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 55.20

अवलोक्य ततः सीतामायाचन्तीमनिन्दिताम्। दयितां च विधेयां च रामो लक्ष्मणमब्रवीत्॥

avalokya tataḥ sītāmāyācantīmaninditām| dayitāṃ ca vidheyāṃ ca rāmo lakṣmaṇamabravīt||

English Meaning

Seeing the blameless and beloved Sītā ever conducting herself properly, praying, Rāma said to Laksmana.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)