Chapter 43 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 43

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 43.4

एवमुक्ते तु रामेण भद्रः प्राञ्जलिरब्रवीत्। स्थिताः शुभाः कथा राजन्वर्तन्ते पुरवासिनाम्॥ अयं तु विजयं सौम्य दशग्रीववधार्जितम्। भूयिष्ठं स्वपुरे पौरैः कथ्यन्ते पुरुषर्षभ॥

evamukte tu rāmeṇa bhadraḥ prāñjalirabravīt| sthitāḥ śubhāḥ kathā rājanvartante puravāsinām|| ayaṃ tu vijayaṃ saumya daśagrīvavadhārjitam| bhūyiṣṭhaṃ svapure pauraiḥ kathyante puruṣarṣabha||

English Meaning

Rāma having said this, Bhadra with folded hands replied: "O king, the citizens speak many good things about you; besides they dilate upon many things in their own houses regarding your conquest acquired by the destruction of the Ten-necked demon."

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)