Chapter 128 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 128

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 128.40

अथाब्रवीद्राजपुत्रो भरतं धर्मिणां वरम्। अर्थोपहितया वाचा मधुरं रघुनन्दनः।॥ पितुर्भवनमासाद्य प्रवेश्य च महात्मनः। कौसल्यां च सुमित्रां च कैकेयीमभिवादय॥

athābravīdrājaputro bharataṃ dharmiṇāṃ varam| arthopahitayā vācā madhuraṃ raghunandanaḥ||| piturbhavanamāsādya praveśya ca mahātmanaḥ| kausalyāṃ ca sumitrāṃ ca kaikeyīmabhivādaya||

English Meaning

Having reached and entered his ancestral palace and bowed to Kausalyä, Sumitra and Kaikeyī, the high-souled prince, the enhancer of the joy of the descendants of Raghu, addressed Bharata the foremost of the pious, with sweet words instinct with meaning, saying.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)