Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 49: Rāma Continues on Towards the Forest
Text 2.49.9
एता वाचो मनुष्याणां ग्रामसंवासुवासिनाम्।
शृण्वन्नतिययौ वीरः कोसलान्कोसलेश्वरः॥
etā vāco manuṣyāṇāṁ grāma-saṁvāsavāsinām
śṛṇvann atiyayau vīraḥ kosalān kosaleśvaraḥ
etāḥ = these; vācaḥ = words; manuṣyāṇām = of the men; grāma-saṁvāsavāsinām = residing in the villages and hamlets; śṛṇvan = while hearing; atiyayau = continued traveling; vīraḥ = the heroic; kosalān = through Kosala; kosala-īśvaraḥ = master of Kosala.
The heroic master of Kosala continued traveling through Kosala while hearing these words of the men residing in the villages and hamlets.