Chapter 12 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 12.8

दिष्ट्या रामश्चिरस्याद्य द्रष्टुं मां समुपागतः॥ मनसा काङ्कितं ह्यस्य मयाप्यागमनं प्रति। गम्यतां सत्कृतो रामः सभार्यः सहलक्ष्मणः॥

diṣṭyā rāmaścirasyādya draṣṭuṃ māṃ samupāgataḥ|| manasā kāṅkitaṃ hyasya mayāpyāgamanaṃ prati| gamyatāṃ satkṛto rāmaḥ sabhāryaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ||

English Meaning

By luck it is that after a long time, Rāma has come to see me. I had mentally wished for his arrival. Go you; and let Rāma, having been respectfully received, come before me. Why have you not brought himself?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)