Chapter 82 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 82

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 82.28

स राघवः सत्यधृतिः प्रतापवान् ब्रुवन् सुयुक्तं दृढसत्यविक्रमः। गुरुं महारण्यगतं यशस्विनं प्रसादयिष्यन् भरतोऽब्रवीत् तदा॥

sa rāghavaḥ satyadhṛtiḥ pratāpavān bruvan suyuktaṃ dṛḍhasatyavikramaḥ| guruṃ mahāraṇyagataṃ yaśasvinaṃ prasādayiṣyan bharato'bravīt tadā||

English Meaning

Then that powerful descendant of Raghu of truthful character, and having unswerving truth for his prowess, Bharata, having said what was fit, spoke words calculated to gladden his illustrious superior gone to the mighty forest.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)