Chapter 32 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 32

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 32.29

स चापि रामः प्रतिपूर्णपौरूषो महाधनं धर्मबलैरूपार्जितम्। नियोजयामास सुहृज्जने चिराद् यथार्हसम्मानवचः प्रचोदितः॥ द्विजः सुहृद् भृत्यजनोऽथवातदा दरिद्रभिक्षाचरणश्च यो भवेत्। न तत्र कश्चिन्न बभूव तर्पितो यथार्हसम्माननदानसम्भ्रमैः॥

sa cāpi rāmaḥ pratipūrṇapaurūṣo mahādhanaṃ dharmabalairūpārjitam| niyojayāmāsa suhṛjjane cirād yathārhasammānavacaḥ pracoditaḥ|| dvijaḥ suhṛd bhṛtyajano'thavātadā daridrabhikṣācaraṇaśca yo bhavet| na tatra kaścinna babhūva tarpito yathārhasammānanadānasambhramaiḥ||

English Meaning

Rama of great manliness afterwards distributed with proper respect and due welcome all his wealth amassed by righteous means amongst the Brāhmaṇas, friends, servants and the poor, according to the recommendation of his friends.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)