Chapter 19 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 19.9

यद्यभ्यनुज्ञां काकुत्स्थ ददते तव मन्त्रिणः॥ वसिष्ठप्रमुखाः सर्वे ततो रोमं विसर्जय।

yadyabhyanujñāṃ kākutstha dadate tava mantriṇaḥ|| vasiṣṭhapramukhāḥ sarve tato romaṃ visarjaya|

English Meaning

And, O Kākutstha, * if your counsellors together with the Brāhmaṇas having Vasistha at their head, consent, do you then dismiss Rāma! *From Kakud, an emblem of royalty, and Stha, residing, meaning a prince, the grandson of Iksvāku.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)