Chapter 40 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 40.19

एवं कृत्वा त्विदं कार्यं यथेष्टं गच्छ राक्षस। राज्यस्यार्धं प्रदास्यामि मारीच तव सुव्रत॥

evaṃ kṛtvā tvidaṃ kāryaṃ yatheṣṭaṃ gaccha rākṣasa| rājyasyārdhaṃ pradāsyāmi mārīca tava suvrata||

English Meaning

O Rākşasa, do you go wherever you like after doing this. I shall confer on you, O Mārīca, half of my kingdom.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)