Chapter 15 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 15

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 15.22

वत्स्यामि मानुषे लोके पालयन् पृथिवीमिमाम्। एवं दत्त्वा वरं देवो देवानां विष्णुरात्मवान्॥

vatsyāmi mānuṣe loke pālayan pṛthivīmimām| evaṃ dattvā varaṃ devo devānāṃ viṣṇurātmavān||

English Meaning

Having thus conferred a boon upon the gods, the lord Vişnu of subdued soul fell to thinking as to the place where he would be born among men.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)