Chapter 84 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 84

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 84.6

भर्ता चैव सखा चैव रामो दाशरथिर्मम। तस्यार्थकामाः संनद्धा गङ्गानूपेऽत्र तिष्ठत॥

bhartā caiva sakhā caiva rāmo dāśarathirmama| tasyārthakāmāḥ saṃnaddhā gaṅgānūpe'tra tiṣṭhata||

English Meaning

Rāma the son of Daśaratha is both my maintainer and friend. Do you in his interests, donning on your mail, wait on the banks of the river.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)