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)