Chapter 16 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 16.11

ततः स्वस्त्ययनं कृत्वा मन्त्रविद् विजयैषिणी। अन्तःपुरं सह स्त्रीभिः प्रविष्टा शोकमोहिता॥

tataḥ svastyayanaṃ kṛtvā mantravid vijayaiṣiṇī| antaḥpuraṃ saha strībhiḥ praviṣṭā śokamohitā||

English Meaning

Having performed Sastayana or the ceremony of benediction, that one gifted with a knowledge of Mantras, and desirous of Vāli's success, went, overwhelmed with grief, to the inner-apartment in the company of other females.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)