Chapter 82 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 82

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 82.23

ताः प्रहृष्टाः प्रकृतयो बलाध्यक्षा बलस्य च। श्रुत्वा यात्रां समाज्ञप्तां राघवस्य निवर्तने॥

tāḥ prahṛṣṭāḥ prakṛtayo balādhyakṣā balasya ca| śrutvā yātrāṃ samājñaptāṃ rāghavasya nivartane||

English Meaning

Hearing that the army had been ordered to march forth for bringing back Rāma, the subjects as well as the generals of the forces became exceedingly delighted.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)