Chapter 69 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 69

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 69.4

वादयन्ति तदा शान्ति लासयन्त्यपि चापरे। नाटकान्यपरे स्माहुर्हास्यानि विविधानि च॥ ।

vādayanti tadā śānti lāsayantyapi cāpare| nāṭakānyapare smāhurhāsyāni vividhāni ca|| |

English Meaning

Some played on instruments; some for the purpose of pacifying his mind, danced (the courtezans); others performed scenes variously fraught with the sentiment of mirth.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)