Chapter 4 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 4.16

प्रसाद्यमानश्च मया सोऽब्रवीन्मां महायशाः। यदा दाशरथी रामस्त्वां वधिष्यति संयुगे॥ तदा प्रकृतिमापन्नो भवान् स्वर्गं गमिष्यति।

prasādyamānaśca mayā so'bravīnmāṃ mahāyaśāḥ| yadā dāśarathī rāmastvāṃ vadhiṣyati saṃyuge|| tadā prakṛtimāpanno bhavān svargaṃ gamiṣyati|

English Meaning

Being propitiated by me, that greatly famous one said, 'When Rāma the son of Dasaratha, shall slay you in encounter, you, attaining your natural condition, shall repair to the celestial regions.'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)