Chapter 44 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 44

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 44.1

विसृज्य तु सुहृद्वर्ग बुद्ध्या निश्चित्य राघवः। समीपे द्वा:स्थमासीनमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥

visṛjya tu suhṛdvarga buddhyā niścitya rāghavaḥ| samīpe dvā:sthamāsīnamidaṃ vacanamabravīt||

English Meaning

Having sent away his friends and determined what to do, Rāma, the delight of the Råghus, commanded the warder, who was seated hard by, saying.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)