Chapter 70 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 70

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 70.9

उपविष्टाबुभौ तौ तु भ्रातरावमितद्युती॥ प्रेषयामासतुर्वीरौ मन्त्रि श्रेष्ठं सुदामनम्। गच्छ मन्त्रिपते शीघ्रमिक्ष्वाकुममितप्रभम्॥ आत्मजैः सह दुर्धर्षमानयस्व समन्त्रिणम्।

upaviṣṭābubhau tau tu bhrātarāvamitadyutī|| preṣayāmāsaturvīrau mantri śreṣṭhaṃ sudāmanam| gaccha mantripate śīghramikṣvākumamitaprabham|| ātmajaiḥ saha durdharṣamānayasva samantriṇam|

English Meaning

Having been seated, both the heroic brothers of immeasurable splendour addressed that foremost of counsellors, Sudáman, saying, 'Go, foremost of counsellors, and speedily bring over the irrepressible Ikşvāku of immeasurable splendour along with his sons and ministers.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)