Chapter 58 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 58

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 58.12

अब्रवीन्मे महाराज धर्ममेवानुपालयन्। अञ्जलिं राघवः कृत्वा शिरसाभिप्रणम्य च॥ सूत मद्वचनात् तस्य तातस्य विदितात्मनः। शिरसा वन्दनीयस्य वन्द्यौ पादौ महात्मनः॥ सर्वमन्तःपुरं वाच्यं सूत मद्वचनात् त्वया। आरोग्यमविशेषेण यथार्हमभिवादनम्॥

abravīnme mahārāja dharmamevānupālayan| añjaliṃ rāghavaḥ kṛtvā śirasābhipraṇamya ca|| sūta madvacanāt tasya tātasya viditātmanaḥ| śirasā vandanīyasya vandyau pādau mahātmanaḥ|| sarvamantaḥpuraṃ vācyaṃ sūta madvacanāt tvayā| ārogyamaviśeṣeṇa yathārhamabhivādanam||

English Meaning

O mighty monarch observing morality, Rāghava with joined hands and bowing down his head, said, “O charioteer, do you in my name salute with your head the feet of my high-souled sire worthy of being saluted, and famed (in the world).” And, O charioteer, do you in my name as each deserves salute the ladies of the inner apartment and communicate to them tidings of my health.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)