Chapter 1 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 1.10

तेषु काञ्चनचित्रेषु महत्सु च वरेषु च॥ कुशान्तर्धानदत्तेषु मृगचर्मयुतेषु च। यथार्हमुपविष्टास्ते आसनेष्वृषिपुङ्गवाः॥ रामेण कुशलं पृष्टाः सशिष्याः सपुरोगमाः। महर्षयो वेदविदो रामं वचनमब्रुवन्।

teṣu kāñcanacitreṣu mahatsu ca vareṣu ca|| kuśāntardhānadatteṣu mṛgacarmayuteṣu ca| yathārhamupaviṣṭāste āsaneṣvṛṣipuṅgavāḥ|| rāmeṇa kuśalaṃ pṛṣṭāḥ saśiṣyāḥ sapurogamāḥ| maharṣayo vedavido rāmaṃ vacanamabruvan|

English Meaning

And having, according to their rank, seated themselves on gorgeous and superb seats of kuća or deerskins embroidered with gold, those foremost of sages-those mighty saints, versed in the Vedas, along with their disciples and leaders, having (previously) been asked as to their welfare, addressed Rāma, saying.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)