Chapter 24 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 24.7

राघवस्य वचः श्रुत्वा कौतूहलसमन्वितम्॥ कथयामास धर्मात्मा तस्य शब्दस्य निश्चयम्।

rāghavasya vacaḥ śrutvā kautūhalasamanvitam|| kathayāmāsa dharmātmā tasya śabdasya niścayam|

English Meaning

Hearing Rāghava's words dictated by curiosity, that righteous-souled one spoke, unfolding the true cause of that noise.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)