Chapter 18 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 18.34

पात्रभूतोऽसि मे ब्रह्मन् दिष्ट्या प्राप्तोऽसि मानद। अद्य मे सफलं जन्म जीवितं च सुजीवितम्॥

pātrabhūto'si me brahman diṣṭyā prāpto'si mānada| adya me saphalaṃ janma jīvitaṃ ca sujīvitam||

English Meaning

You, O Brahmana, are worthy of my best services. By luck it is that, O bestower of honour, I have gained you. To-day my birth has been crowned with fruit to-day has my life attained its object.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)