Chapter 76 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 76

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 76.20

सोऽभिवाद्य महात्मानं ज्वलन्तमिव तेजसा। आतिथ्यं परमं प्राप्य निषसाद नराधिपः॥

so'bhivādya mahātmānaṃ jvalantamiva tejasā| ātithyaṃ paramaṃ prāpya niṣasāda narādhipaḥ||

English Meaning

Rāma saluted that high-souled and highly effulgent Rșis Agastya. And having received due hospitality he sat there.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)