Chapter 55 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 55

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 55.9

उपावृत्ते मुनौ तस्मिन् रामो लक्ष्मणमब्रवीत्। कृतपुण्याः स्म भद्रं ते मुनिर्यन्नोऽनुकम्पते॥

upāvṛtte munau tasmin rāmo lakṣmaṇamabravīt| kṛtapuṇyāḥ sma bhadraṃ te muniryanno'nukampate||

English Meaning

On the ascetic turning away, Rāma spoke to Lakṣmaṇa, “We had surely acquired religious merit, good betide you, since, the ascetic has shown compassion to us.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)