Chapter 10 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 10

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 10.24

दृष्ट्वैव च ततो विप्रमायान्तं हृष्टमानसाः॥ उपसृत्य ततः सर्वास्तास्तमूचुरिदं वचः। एह्याश्रमपदं सौम्य अस्माकमिति चाब्रुवन् ॥

dṛṣṭvaiva ca tato vipramāyāntaṃ hṛṣṭamānasāḥ|| upasṛtya tataḥ sarvāstāstamūcuridaṃ vacaḥ| ehyāśramapadaṃ saumya asmākamiti cābruvan ||

English Meaning

As soon as they observed him coming, they came forward, and said, Do you, O Brāhmaṇa, come into our hermitage.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)