Chapter 70 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 70

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 70.16

तूष्णीभूते दशरथे वसिष्ठो भगवानृपिः॥ उवाच वाक्यं वाक्यज्ञो वैदेहं सपुरोधसम्।

tūṣṇībhūte daśarathe vasiṣṭho bhagavānṛpiḥ|| uvāca vākyaṃ vākyajño vaidehaṃ sapurodhasam|

English Meaning

And on Dasaratha resuming silence, the worshipful saint Vasistha, versed in speech, spoke to Vaideha in company with his priests, saying,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)