Chapter 74 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 74

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 74.23

इन्द्रो ह्यश्रुनिपातं तं स्वगात्रे पुण्यगन्धिनम्। सुरभिं मन्यते दृष्ट्वा भूयसी तामिहेश्वरः॥

indro hyaśrunipātaṃ taṃ svagātre puṇyagandhinam| surabhiṃ manyate dṛṣṭvā bhūyasī tāmiheśvaraḥ||

English Meaning

And that lord, Indra, also considered Surabhi of a person breathing a sacred odour, whose tears had dropped on his body, as the foremost being on earth.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)