Chapter 34 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 34

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 34.20

जनन्या राक्षसेन्द्रो वै त्वन्मोक्षार्थं बृहद्वचः। अतिस्निग्धेन वैदेहि मन्त्रिवृद्धेन चोदितः॥

jananyā rākṣasendro vai tvanmokṣārthaṃ bṛhadvacaḥ| atisnigdhena vaidehi mantrivṛddhena coditaḥ||

English Meaning

O Vaidehi, the Rākşasa lord was advised by his mother and the aged counsellors in pregnant words informed with affection, having your deliverance for their object.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)