Chapter 9 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 9.33

प्रज्ञां ते नावजानामि श्रेष्ठे श्रेष्ठाभिधायिनि ॥ पृथिव्यामसि कुब्जानामुत्तमा बुद्धिनिश्चये। त्वमेव तु ममार्थेषु नित्ययुक्ता हितैषिणी॥

prajñāṃ te nāvajānāmi śreṣṭhe śreṣṭhābhidhāyini || pṛthivyāmasi kubjānāmuttamā buddhiniścaye| tvameva tu mamārtheṣu nityayuktā hitaiṣiṇī||

English Meaning

O excellent wench, O speaker of things fair, your wisdom I do not dishonour. In ascertaining the propriety or otherwise of actions, you are the very first of hump-backed women on earth. And ever intent on my interest, you seek my welfare.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)