Chapter 7 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 7

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 7.8

स्वागतं ते रघुश्रेष्ठ राम सत्यभृतां वर। आश्रमोऽयं त्वयाऽऽक्रान्तः सनाथ इव साम्प्रतम॥

svāgataṃ te raghuśreṣṭha rāma satyabhṛtāṃ vara| āśramo'yaṃ tvayā''krāntaḥ sanātha iva sāmpratama||

English Meaning

Welcome, you foremost of the Raghus, O Rāma, you the best of those practising righteousness. This asylum now has been furnished with its master in consequence of your visit.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)