Chapter 118 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 118

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 118.8

ततः प्रीतमना रामः श्रुत्वैवं वदतां वरः। दध्यौ मुहूर्त धर्मात्मा हर्षव्याकुललोचनः॥

tataḥ prītamanā rāmaḥ śrutvaivaṃ vadatāṃ varaḥ| dadhyau muhūrta dharmātmā harṣavyākulalocanaḥ||

English Meaning

Thereupon hearing those words-the virtuoussouled Rāma, the foremost of those skilled in speech, with his eyes agitated with delight, meditated for sometime.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)