Chapter 56 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 56

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 56.27

अयं सर्वः समस्ताङ्गः शृतः कृष्णमृगो मया। देवता देवसंकाश यजस्व कुशलो ह्यसि॥ रामः स्नात्वा तु नियतो गुणवाञ्जपकोविदः। संग्रहेणाकरोत् सर्वान् मन्त्रान् सत्रावसानिकान्॥ इष्ट्वा देवगणान् सर्वान् विवेशावसथं शुचिः। बभूव च मनोह्वादो रामस्यामिततेजसः॥

ayaṃ sarvaḥ samastāṅgaḥ śṛtaḥ kṛṣṇamṛgo mayā| devatā devasaṃkāśa yajasva kuśalo hyasi|| rāmaḥ snātvā tu niyato guṇavāñjapakovidaḥ| saṃgraheṇākarot sarvān mantrān satrāvasānikān|| iṣṭvā devagaṇān sarvān viveśāvasathaṃ śuciḥ| babhūva ca manohvādo rāmasyāmitatejasaḥ||

English Meaning

Here is the entire black deer roasted by me, capable of serving any purpose. Do you, O you that resemble a celestial, worship the gods. Having performed his ablutions, Rāma conversant with the ritual and possessing a knowledge of Japa, restraining his senses, performed all the mantras that are necessary for completing a sacrifice; and having in a pure spirit communed with all the deities, entered the habitation.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)