Chapter 22 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 22.10

क्षुत्पिपासे न ते राम भविष्येते नरोत्तम। बलामतिबलां चैव पठतस्तात राघव॥ विद्याद्वयमधीयाने यशश्चाथ भवेद् भुवि। पितामहसुते ह्येते विद्ये तेजः समन्विते॥

kṣutpipāse na te rāma bhaviṣyete narottama| balāmatibalāṃ caiva paṭhatastāta rāghava|| vidyādvayamadhīyāne yaśaścātha bhaved bhuvi| pitāmahasute hyete vidye tejaḥ samanvite||

English Meaning

And, O Rāma, O foremost of men, if you recite Bala and Atibala on the way, neither hunger nor thirst will exercise you, O descendant of Raghu! And if you recite these, you will attain fame on earth. Those sciences fraught with energy are the daughters of the Grandsire.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)