Chapter 15 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 15

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 15.19

वधार्थं वयमायातास्तस्य वै मुनिभिः सह ॥ सिद्धगन्धर्वयक्षाश्च ततस्त्वां शरणं गताः। त्वं गतिः परमा देव सर्वेषां नः परंतप ॥

vadhārthaṃ vayamāyātāstasya vai munibhiḥ saha || siddhagandharvayakṣāśca tatastvāṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ| tvaṃ gatiḥ paramā deva sarveṣāṃ naḥ paraṃtapa ||

English Meaning

It is to compass his death that accompanied by the ascetics, we have come here: it is for this that the Siddhas and the Gandharvas and the Yaksas have taken refuge in you! O God, you are the prime way of us all, O repressor of foes! Do you, for bringing destruction to the enemies of the gods, turn your thoughts to being born as man.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)