Chapter 14 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 14

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 14.36

मणिरत्नं सुवर्णं वा गावो यद्वा समुद्यतम्। तत् प्रयच्छ नृपश्रेष्ठ धरण्या न प्रयोजनम्॥

maṇiratnaṃ suvarṇaṃ vā gāvo yadvā samudyatam| tat prayaccha nṛpaśreṣṭha dharaṇyā na prayojanam||

English Meaning

Do you confer upon us gems, or gold, or kine, or anything else, for, O foremost of monarchs, we do not want earth.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)