Chapter 73 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 73

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 73.27

निवर्तयित्वा रामं च तस्याहं दीप्ततेजसः। दासभूतो भविष्यामि सुस्थितेनान्तरात्मना॥

nivartayitvā rāmaṃ ca tasyāhaṃ dīptatejasaḥ| dāsabhūto bhaviṣyāmi susthitenāntarātmanā||

English Meaning

And having brought back Rāma, I will in a perfectly contented spirit, became the slave of that one of flaming energy.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)