Chapter 19 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 19.6

तथाभूता हि सा चर्या न शापस्तत्र मुच्यते। स्वपुत्रं राजशार्दूलरामं सत्यपराक्रमम्॥ काकपक्षधरं वीरं ज्येष्ठं मे दातुमर्हसि।

tathābhūtā hi sā caryā na śāpastatra mucyate| svaputraṃ rājaśārdūlarāmaṃ satyaparākramam|| kākapakṣadharaṃ vīraṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ me dātumarhasi|

English Meaning

For such is the nature of that business, that it is not proper for one engaged in it to utter a curse. Therefore, O tiger of a monarch, it behoves you to grant me your eldest son, the heroic Rāma of genuine prowess, with the sidelocks.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)