Chapter 89 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 89

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 89.14

स राजा तेन वाक्येन प्रत्याश्वस्तो महामतिः। प्रत्युवाच शुभं वाक्यं दीनो भृत्यजनक्षयात्॥

sa rājā tena vākyena pratyāśvasto mahāmatiḥ| pratyuvāca śubhaṃ vākyaṃ dīno bhṛtyajanakṣayāt||

English Meaning

Being comforted by those words, the highminded king Ila, stricken with distress in consequence of the destruction of his servants, poorly replied.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)