Chapter 117 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 117

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 117.8

इत्युक्तो लोकपालैस्तैः स्वामी लोकस्य राघवः। अब्रवीद् विदशश्रेष्ठानरामो धर्मभृतां वरः॥

ityukto lokapālaistaiḥ svāmī lokasya rāghavaḥ| abravīd vidaśaśreṣṭhānarāmo dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ||

English Meaning

Being thus addressed by the deities presiding over quarters, Rāghava, the lord of people and the foremost of the pious, spoke to those leading celestials, saying.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)