Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 52: Rāma Crosses the Gaṅgā on Guha’s Boat
Text 2.52.27
अदृष्टदुःखं राजानं वृद्धमार्यं जितेन्द्रियम्।
ब्रूयास्त्वमभिवाद्यैव मम हेतोरिदं वचः॥
adṛṣṭa-duḥkhaṁ rājānaṁ vṛddham āryam jitendriyam
brūyās tvam abhivādyaiva mama hetor idaṁ vacaḥ
adṛṣṭa-duḥkham = who has never experienced distress [in the past]; rājānam = king; vṛddham = unto the old; āryam = noble; jita-indriyam = and sense-controlled; brūyāḥ tvam = speak to him; abhivādya eva = offering your respectful obeisances; mama hetoḥ = for My sake; idam = the following; vacaḥ = words.
Offering your respectful obeisances unto the old, noble and sense-controlled king who has never experienced distress [in the past], speak to him the following words for My sake.
Lord Rāma wanted Sumantra to speak as His representative.