Chapter 23 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 23.2

तम्यर्षेः परमोदारं वचः श्रुत्वा नरोत्तमौ। स्नात्वा कृतोदकौ वीरौ जेपतुः परमं जपम्॥

tamyarṣeḥ paramodāraṃ vacaḥ śrutvā narottamau| snātvā kṛtodakau vīrau jepatuḥ paramaṃ japam||

English Meaning

Hearing those proper words of the ascetic, those foremost of men, endowed with heroism, bathed, and, sipping water, began to recite the Gayatri. (The solar hymn of the Veda).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)