Chapter 22 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 22.1

तथा वसिष्ठे ब्रुवति राजा दशरथः स्वयम्। प्रहृष्टवदनो राममाजुहाव सलक्ष्मणम्॥

tathā vasiṣṭhe bruvati rājā daśarathaḥ svayam| prahṛṣṭavadano rāmamājuhāva salakṣmaṇam||

English Meaning

Upon Vasistha's representing this, king Dasaratha himself, with complacent countenance, summoned to him Rāma and Laksmana.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)