Chapter 4 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 4.11

जातमिष्टमपत्यं मे त्वमद्यानुपमं भुवि। दत्तमिष्टमधीतं च मया पुरुषसत्तम ॥

jātamiṣṭamapatyaṃ me tvamadyānupamaṃ bhuvi| dattamiṣṭamadhītaṃ ca mayā puruṣasattama ||

English Meaning

And incomparable on earth, you have been born to me for a son after my heart. I have given whatever had been wanted (by others); I have finished my studies.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)