Chapter 75 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 75

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 75.56

दिष्ट्या न चलितो धर्मादात्मा ते सहलक्षणः। वत्स सत्यप्रतिज्ञो हि सतां लोकानवाप्स्यसि ॥ इत्युक्त्वा चाङ्कमानीय भरतं भ्रातृवत्सलम्। परिष्वज्य महाबाहुं रुरोद भृशदुःखिता॥

diṣṭyā na calito dharmādātmā te sahalakṣaṇaḥ| vatsa satyapratijño hi satāṃ lokānavāpsyasi || ityuktvā cāṅkamānīya bharataṃ bhrātṛvatsalam| pariṣvajya mahābāhuṃ ruroda bhṛśaduḥkhitā||

English Meaning

Lucky it is that graced with auspicious marks, you swerves not from virtue. My child, for this reason you will attain the regions of pious person, drawing into her lap Bharata attached to his brother, and embracing the mighty armed one, gave way to grief.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)