तस्यां रजन्यां व्युष्टायां कृत्वा पौर्वाणिकक्रमम्। उवाच प्राञ्जलिर्वाक्यं शत्रुघ्नो मुनिपुङ्गवम्॥
tasyāṃ rajanyāṃ vyuṣṭāyāṃ kṛtvā paurvāṇikakramam| uvāca prāñjalirvākyaṃ śatrughno munipuṅgavam||
English Meaning
The night being over, he first went through the morning sites and then with folded hands addressed the foremost of ascetics, Valmiki, saying.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)