Chapter 4 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 4.20

ततस्तु तौ रामवचः प्रचोदितावगायतां मार्गविधानसम्पदा। स चापि रामः परिषद्गतः शनैर्बुभूषयासक्तमना बभूव॥

tatastu tau rāmavacaḥ pracoditāvagāyatāṃ mārgavidhānasampadā| sa cāpi rāmaḥ pariṣadgataḥ śanairbubhūṣayāsaktamanā babhūva||

English Meaning

And then commanded by Rāma, they began to chant according to the Märga mode, and Rāma seated in the midst of his court, was drawn to the music, anxious for the perpetuation of his history.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)