Chapter 7 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 7

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 7.6

उत्तमेनाभिसंयुक्ता हर्षेणार्थपरा सती। राममाता धनं किं नु जनेभ्यः संप्रयच्छति॥ अतिमात्रं प्रहर्षः किं जनस्यास्य च शंस मे। कारयिष्यति किं वापि संप्रहृष्टो महीपतिः॥

uttamenābhisaṃyuktā harṣeṇārthaparā satī| rāmamātā dhanaṃ kiṃ nu janebhyaḥ saṃprayacchati|| atimātraṃ praharṣaḥ kiṃ janasyāsya ca śaṃsa me| kārayiṣyati kiṃ vāpi saṃprahṛṣṭo mahīpatiḥ||

English Meaning

What for Rāma's mother although closefisted, is cheerfully and with the greatest possible alacrity dispensing wealth to the people? And what for is the general overflow of joy? And what does the delighted monarch purpose to do.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)