Chapter 117 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 117

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 117.19

नातो विशिष्टं पश्यामि बान्धवं विमृशन्त्यहम्। सर्वत्र योग्यं वैदेहि तपःकृतमिवाव्ययम्॥

nāto viśiṣṭaṃ paśyāmi bāndhavaṃ vimṛśantyaham| sarvatra yogyaṃ vaidehi tapaḥkṛtamivāvyayam||

English Meaning

Than the husband a greater friend find I none, O Vaidehī, who is worthy of being served both in this world and the next, and who is like imperishable asceticism.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)