Chapter 33 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 33

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 33.26

सोमदापि सुतं दृष्ट्वा पुत्रस्य सदृशीं क्रियाम्। यथान्यायं च गन्धवीं स्नुषास्ताः प्रत्यनन्दत। स्पृष्ट्वा च ताः कन्याः कुशनाभं प्रशस्य च॥

somadāpi sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā putrasya sadṛśīṃ kriyām| yathānyāyaṃ ca gandhavīṃ snuṣāstāḥ pratyanandata| spṛṣṭvā ca tāḥ kanyāḥ kuśanābhaṃ praśasya ca||

English Meaning

And the Gandharvī Somadā rejoiced exceedingly at the completion of the nuptials of her son; and embracing her daughters-in-law again and again, and extolling her son, she expressed the fullness of her joy.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)