Valmiki Ramayana Yuddha Kanda Sarga 103 Shloka 14

तदा then, सहस्राक्षस्य thousand eyed, सारथिः charioteer, मातलिः Matali, सप्रतोदः holding the whip, रथे from the chariot, स्थितः seated, प्राञ्जलिः offered salutation with both palms, रामम् to Sri Rama, वाक्यम् these words, अब्रवीत् च spoke

Then the thousand eyed charioteer, holding the whip in hand, from the chariot, offered salutations with folded palms to Sri Rama and spoke these words.