Chapter 69 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 69

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 69.3

तप्यमानं तमाज्ञाय वयस्याः प्रियवादिनः। आयासं विनयिष्यन्तः सभायां चक्रिरे कथाः॥

tapyamānaṃ tamājñāya vayasyāḥ priyavādinaḥ| āyāsaṃ vinayiṣyantaḥ sabhāyāṃ cakrire kathāḥ||

English Meaning

And finding him aggrieved, his sweet. speeched associates, endeavouring to chase the heaviness, began to converse on a variety of subjects.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)