Chapter 32 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 32

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 32.14

अथाब्रवीद् बाष्पगलांस्तिष्ठतश्चोपजीविनः। स प्रदाय बहुद्रव्यमेकैकस्योपजीवनम्॥ लक्ष्मणस्य च यद् वेश्म गृहं च यदिदं मम। अशून्यं कार्यमेकैकं यावदागमनं मम॥

athābravīd bāṣpagalāṃstiṣṭhataścopajīvinaḥ| sa pradāya bahudravyamekaikasyopajīvanam|| lakṣmaṇasya ca yad veśma gṛhaṃ ca yadidaṃ mama| aśūnyaṃ kāryamekaikaṃ yāvadāgamanaṃ mama||

English Meaning

Seeing his dependants in a wretched plight, shedding tears continually, Rāma proffered to them various articles for their maintenance, and said, Do you occupy in turn until our return my rooms as well as Laksmana's.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)