Chapter 26 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 26.26

ततो मुनिवरः प्रीतस्ताटकावधतोषितः।३२।। मूर्ध्नि राममुपाघ्राय इदं वचनमब्रवीत्।

tato munivaraḥ prītastāṭakāvadhatoṣitaḥ|32|| mūrdhni rāmamupāghrāya idaṃ vacanamabravīt|

English Meaning

And now came evening on, when that best of ascetics, gratified at the destruction of Tāțakā, smelt Rāma's crown and said these words,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)