Chapter 41 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 41

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 41.18

कथयन्ति पुरे राजन्पौरजानपदास्तथा। एता वाचः सुमधुरा भरतेन समीरिताः। श्रुत्वा रामो मुदा युक्तो बभूव नृपसत्तमः॥

kathayanti pure rājanpaurajānapadāstathā| etā vācaḥ sumadhurā bharatena samīritāḥ| śrutvā rāmo mudā yukto babhūva nṛpasattamaḥ||

English Meaning

Hearing those sweet accents given vent to by Bharata, Rāma, the foremost of kings was greatly delighted

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)