Chapter 2 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 2.23

तं ब्रुवाणं तु तद्वाक्यं राजर्षि धार्मिकं तदा। जिघृक्षुरब्रवीत्कन्यां बाढमित्येव स द्विजः॥

taṃ bruvāṇaṃ tu tadvākyaṃ rājarṣi dhārmikaṃ tadā| jighṛkṣurabravītkanyāṃ bāḍhamityeva sa dvijaḥ||

English Meaning

When that virtuous (sage) had said this, the twice-born Räjarși, desirous of accepting the girl (after due nuptial rights), said to the former, 'Well !'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)