Chapter 81 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 81

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 81.1

ततो नान्दीमुखीं रात्रि भरतं सूतमागधाः। तुष्टुवुः सविशेषज्ञाः स्तवैर्मङ्गलसंस्तवैः॥

tato nāndīmukhīṃ rātri bharataṃ sūtamāgadhāḥ| tuṣṭuvuḥ saviśeṣajñāḥ stavairmaṅgalasaṃstavaiḥ||

English Meaning

Then seeing that the night in which had been performed the auspicious preliminary ceremonies, was about to be spent, eulogists and genealogists hymned Bharata with consecrated hymns.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)