Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 34: Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā Meet Daśaratha
Text 2.34.21
अथ रामो मुहूर्तेन लब्धसंज्ञं महीपतिम्।
उवाच प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा शोकार्णवपरिप्लुतम्॥
atha rāmo muhūrtena labdha-saṁjñaṁ mahī-patim
uvāca prāñjalir bhūtvā śokārṇava-pariplutam
atha = then; rāmaḥ = Rāma; muhūrtena = after a muhūrta; labdha-saṁjñam = who had regained his consciousness; mahī-patim = to the king; uvāca = spoke; prāñjaliḥ bhūtvā = joined His palms in supplication and; śoka-arṇava-pariplutam = and who was immersed in an ocean of lamentation.
Then, Rāma joined His palms in supplication and spoke to the king who had regained his consciousness after a muhūrta and who was immersed in an ocean of lamentation.1
1 A muhūrta can mean “a short while” or “a duration of 48 minutes.”
In some manuscripts, muhūrtasya appears instead of muhūrtena. It has the same meaning as muhūrtena.