Chapter 42 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 42.20

एवमुक्त्वा तु काकुत्स्थो मैथिली जनकात्मजाम्। मध्यकक्षान्तरं रामो निर्जगाम सुहद्धृतः॥

evamuktvā tu kākutstho maithilī janakātmajām| madhyakakṣāntaraṃ rāmo nirjagāma suhaddhṛtaḥ||

English Meaning

Having thus addressed Maithili, the daughter of Janaka, Rama, the descendant of Kakutstha, then issued out of the inner apartment and entered the middle one filled with his friends.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)