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)