Chapter 104 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 104

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 104.9

एवं परुषमुक्तस्तु हितबुद्धिरबुद्धिना। अब्रवीद्रावणं सूतो हितं सानुनयं वचः॥

evaṃ paruṣamuktastu hitabuddhirabuddhinā| abravīdrāvaṇaṃ sūto hitaṃ sānunayaṃ vacaḥ||

English Meaning

Thus admonished by him of slender sense, the charioteer possessed of intelligence, humbly spoke to Råvaņa words fraught with good.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)