Chapter 38 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 38

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 38.11

प्रदक्षिणं च राजानं कृत्वा केकयवर्धनः। रामेण च कृतः पूर्वमभिवाद्य प्रदक्षिणम्॥ लक्ष्मणेन सहायेन प्रयातः केकयेश्वरः। हतेऽसुरे यथा वृत्रे विष्णुना सह वासवः ॥

pradakṣiṇaṃ ca rājānaṃ kṛtvā kekayavardhanaḥ| rāmeṇa ca kṛtaḥ pūrvamabhivādya pradakṣiṇam|| lakṣmaṇena sahāyena prayātaḥ kekayeśvaraḥ| hate'sure yathā vṛtre viṣṇunā saha vāsavaḥ ||

English Meaning

Thereupon, Rama, at first saluted and went round him and then Yudhăjit, the son of Kekaya, went away to his kingdom in the company of Laksmana like to Indra (leaving for home)) in the company of Vişņu on the destruction of the Asura Vrtra.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)