Valmiki Ramayana · Ayodhya Kanda · Sarga 3
स प्राञ्जलिरभिप्रेत्य प्रणतः पितुरन्तिके।।2.3.32।। नाम स्वं श्रावयन्रामो ववन्दे चरणौ पितुः।
sa prāñjalirabhipretya praṇataḥ piturantike nāma svaṃ śrāvayanrāmo vavande caraṇau pituḥ|
Rama, approached his father with folded palms and bowed low near him, pronounced his (own) name and touched his father's feet with reverence.
— M.N. Dutt (1891)
Commentary
Rama approaches his father with folded palms, bows low, pronounces his name, and touches Dasharatha's feet. The gesture of filial reverence is performed with complete grace — Rama, who is about to be crowned king, first bows as a son. Power does not erase humility.
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