Chapter 97 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 97

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 97.1

वाल्मीकिनैवमुक्तस्तु राघवः प्रत्यभाषत। प्राञ्जलिर्जगतो मध्ये दृष्ट्वा तां वरवर्णिनीम्॥

vālmīkinaivamuktastu rāghavaḥ pratyabhāṣata| prāñjalirjagato madhye dṛṣṭvā tāṃ varavarṇinīm||

English Meaning

After the great Rșis Vālmīki had said this, Rāma, on beholding the daughter of Janaka resembling a celestial, in the midst of the assembly, with folded hands, said.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)