Chapter 86 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 86

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 86.4

नहि रामात् प्रियतरो ममास्ति भुवि कश्चन। मोत्सुको भूर्बवीम्येतदथ सत्यं तवाग्रतः॥ अस्य प्रसादादाशंसे लोकेऽस्मिन् सुमहद् यशः। धर्मावाप्तिं च विपुलामर्थकामौ च केवलौ॥

nahi rāmāt priyataro mamāsti bhuvi kaścana| motsuko bhūrbavīmyetadatha satyaṃ tavāgrataḥ|| asya prasādādāśaṃse loke'smin sumahad yaśaḥ| dharmāvāptiṃ ca vipulāmarthakāmau ca kevalau||

English Meaning

To me also there is none that is dearer on earth than Rāma. Do not be anxious. This I tell you truly, through his grace I expect high fame among men, and immense religious merit, and interest and desire in entirety.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)