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)