Chapter 11 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 11.27

यदहं तं मुनिवरं सुश्रूषेयमपि स्वयम्। इति रामस्य स मुनिः श्रुत्वा धर्मात्मनो वचः॥ सुतीक्ष्णः प्रत्युवाचेदं प्रीतो दशरथात्मजम्।

yadahaṃ taṃ munivaraṃ suśrūṣeyamapi svayam| iti rāmasya sa muniḥ śrutvā dharmātmano vacaḥ|| sutīkṣṇaḥ pratyuvācedaṃ prīto daśarathātmajam|

English Meaning

This great desire is burning in my heart, that I should myself minister to that best of anchorets. Hearing these words of the righteous-souled Rama, Sutiksna, well pleased, answered Dasaratha's son.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)