Chapter 69 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 69

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 69.11

तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा ऋषिमध्ये नराधिपः॥ वाक्यं वाक्यविदां श्रेष्ठः प्रत्युवाच महीपतिम्।

tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā ṛṣimadhye narādhipaḥ|| vākyaṃ vākyavidāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ pratyuvāca mahīpatim|

English Meaning

Hearing his speech in the midst of the saints, that best of those conversant with words, the lord of men, replied to the monarch, saying,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)