Chapter 65 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 65

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 65.2

ततस्तु स्तुवतां तेषां सूतानां पाणिवादकाः। अपदानान्युदाहृत्य पाणिवादान्यवादयन्॥

tatastu stuvatāṃ teṣāṃ sūtānāṃ pāṇivādakāḥ| apadānānyudāhṛtya pāṇivādānyavādayan||

English Meaning

And as the bards hymned the monarch, palmplayers celebrating the deeds of the kings of the Raghu race, began to play with their palms.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)