Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 14 Shloka 46

ततः then, सूतः charioteer, सुमन्त्रः Sumantra, पार्थिवस्य king's, निवेशने in the apartment, प्राञ्जलिः भूत्वा with folded hands, यथाकालम् appropriate to the time, जगतीपतिम् lord of the earth, तुष्टाव praised.

Thereafter the charioteer Sumantra entered the inner apartment of the king, and with folded hands began singing the praise of the lord of the earth appropriate to the hour.