Chapter 107 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 107

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 107.5

ततः सा सम्प्रतिश्राव्य तव माता यशस्विनी। अयाचत नरश्रेष्ठं द्वौ वरौ वरवर्णिनी॥ तव राज्यं नरव्याघ्र मम प्रव्राजनं तथा। तच्च राजा तथा तस्यै नियुक्तः प्रददौ वरम्॥

tataḥ sā sampratiśrāvya tava mātā yaśasvinī| ayācata naraśreṣṭhaṃ dvau varau varavarṇinī|| tava rājyaṃ naravyāghra mama pravrājanaṃ tathā| tacca rājā tathā tasyai niyuktaḥ pradadau varam||

English Meaning

Having been thus promised, that virtuous lady, your illustrious mother, O foremost of men, asked for two boons (of the king), viz., your enthronement, O best of men, and my banishment. Thus besought by her, the king conferred on her the boon.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)