Chapter 64 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 64

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 64.9

एवमुक्तस्तु रामेण शत्रुघ्नस्तान्महाबलान्। सेनामुख्यान्समानीय ततो वाक्यमुवाच ह॥ एते वो गणिता वासा यत्र तत्र निवत्स्यथ। स्थातव्यं चाविरोधेन यथा बाधा न कस्यचित्॥

evamuktastu rāmeṇa śatrughnastānmahābalān| senāmukhyānsamānīya tato vākyamuvāca ha|| ete vo gaṇitā vāsā yatra tatra nivatsyatha| sthātavyaṃ cāvirodhena yathā bādhā na kasyacit||

English Meaning

Hearing those words of Rāma and summoning all his highly powerful and leading warriors Satrughna said "Do you all proceed and halt at those places which are well known to you. Do not oppress any body."

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)