Chapter 4 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 4.15

जटाबन्धनमन्यस्तु काष्टरज्जु मुदान्वितः। यज्ञभाण्डमृषिः कश्चित् काष्ठभारं तथापरः॥ औदुम्बरी बृसीमन्यः स्वस्ति केचित् तदावदन्। आयुष्यमपरे प्राहुर्मुदा तत्र महर्षयः॥ ददुश्चैवं वरान् सर्वे मुनयः सत्यवादिनः।

jaṭābandhanamanyastu kāṣṭarajju mudānvitaḥ| yajñabhāṇḍamṛṣiḥ kaścit kāṣṭhabhāraṃ tathāparaḥ|| audumbarī bṛsīmanyaḥ svasti kecit tadāvadan| āyuṣyamapare prāhurmudā tatra maharṣayaḥ|| daduścaivaṃ varān sarve munayaḥ satyavādinaḥ|

English Meaning

And some, a thread for tying up their matted locks; and some gladly gave a twine for binding faggots with, and some ascetic presented them with a sacrificial pot; and some, a quantity of fire-wood; and some, a seat made of udumbara (The glamorous fig tree). And some exclaimed, 'Svasti'; and some joyfully cried, “May you be long-lived!" And all those ascetics of truthful speech conferred on them blessings.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)