Chapter 65 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 65

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 65.1

अथ रात्र्यां व्यतीतायां प्रातरेवापरेऽहनि। बन्दिनः पर्युपातिष्ठस्तत्पार्थिवनिवेशनम्॥ सूताः परमसंस्कारा मागधाश्चोत्तमश्रुताः। आपका: श्रुतिशीलाश्च निगदन्तः पृथक्पृथक् ॥ राजानं स्तुवतां तेषामुदात्ताभिहिताशिषाम्। प्रासादाभोगविस्तीर्णः स्तुतिशब्दो ह्यवर्तत॥

atha rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ prātarevāpare'hani| bandinaḥ paryupātiṣṭhastatpārthivaniveśanam|| sūtāḥ paramasaṃskārā māgadhāścottamaśrutāḥ| āpakā: śrutiśīlāśca nigadantaḥ pṛthakpṛthak || rājānaṃ stuvatāṃ teṣāmudāttābhihitāśiṣām| prāsādābhogavistīrṇaḥ stutiśabdo hyavartata||

English Meaning

When the night has gone away, on the morning of the next day, eulogists, accomplished ards, genealogists skilled in reciting, and singers versed musical permutation, in presenting themselves at the place of the sovereign, began to perform separately. And as they eulogized the monarch with benedictions loudly uttered, the palace resounded with the sounds of the eulogies.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)