Chapter 127 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 127

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 127.3

सूताः स्तुतिपुराणज्ञाः सर्वे वैतालिकास्तथा। सर्वे वादित्रकुशला गणिकाश्चैव सर्वशः॥ राजदारास्तथामात्याः सैन्याः सेनाङ्गनागणाः। ब्राह्मणाश्च सराजन्याः श्रेणीमुख्यास्तथा गणाः॥ अभिनिर्यान्तु रामस्य द्रष्टुं शशिनिभं मुखम्।

sūtāḥ stutipurāṇajñāḥ sarve vaitālikāstathā| sarve vāditrakuśalā gaṇikāścaiva sarvaśaḥ|| rājadārāstathāmātyāḥ sainyāḥ senāṅganāgaṇāḥ| brāhmaṇāśca sarājanyāḥ śreṇīmukhyāstathā gaṇāḥ|| abhiniryāntu rāmasya draṣṭuṃ śaśinibhaṃ mukham|

English Meaning

Let all the bards conversant with the chanting of the pedigree, the flatterers, all those conversant with music, the dancing girls, the queens, the courtiers, the soldiers with their wives, Brāhmaṇas, Kşaatryas, and people of all other castes, issue out to behold the moon-like countenance of Rama.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)