Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 11: Rāma Goes to Agastya’s Āśrama
Text 3.11.36
इति रामस्य स मुनिः श्रुत्वा धर्मात्मनो वचः।
सुतीक्ष्णः प्रत्युवाचेदं प्रीतो दशरथात्मजम्॥
iti rāmasya sa muniḥ śrutvā dharmātmano vacaḥ
sutīkṣṇaḥ pratyuvācedaṁ prīto daśarathātmajam
iti = these; rāmasya = of Rāma; saḥ = the; muniḥ = sage; śrutvā = upon hearing; dharma-ātmanaḥ = of a dhārmika mind; vacaḥ = words; sutīkṣṇaḥ = Sutīkṣṇa; pratyuvāca = and replied; idam = as follows; prītaḥ = became happy; daśaratha-ātmajam = to Daśaratha’s son.
Upon hearing these words of Rāma, who possessed a dhārmika mind, the sage Sutīkṣṇa became happy and replied to Daśaratha’s son as follows.