Chapter 27 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 27

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 27.16

ततो रामः प्रसन्नात्मा तैरित्युक्तो महाबलैः॥ प्रतिगृह्य च काकुत्स्थः समालभ्य च पाणिना। मानसा मे भविष्यध्वमिति तान्यभ्यचोदयत्॥

tato rāmaḥ prasannātmā tairityukto mahābalaiḥ|| pratigṛhya ca kākutsthaḥ samālabhya ca pāṇinā| mānasā me bhaviṣyadhvamiti tānyabhyacodayat||

English Meaning

Thus addressed by those highly powerful weapons, Kākutstha Rama, with a delighted soul, accepting them, touched them with his hand, and said, Do you appear before me as I remember you!

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)