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)