Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 58: Sumantra Conveys the Message of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa
Text 2.58.14
अब्रवीन्मां महाराज धर्ममेवानुपालयन्।
अञ्जलिं राघवः कृत्वा शिरसाभिप्रणम्य च॥
abravīn māṁ mahā-rāja dharmam evānupālayan
añjaliṁ rāghavaḥ kṛtvā śirasābhipraṇamya ca
abravīt = told as follows; mām = Me; mahā-rāja = Mahārāja; dharmam = dharma; eva = alone; anupālayan = following; añjalim = His palms in supplication; rāghavaḥ = Rāghava; kṛtvā = joined; śirasā = with His head; abhipraṇamya = offered His respectful obeisances; ca = and.
Mahārāja, following dharma alone, Rāghava joined His palms in supplication, offered His respectful obeisances with His head and told me as follows.