Chapter 43 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 43

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 43.3

प्रीतस्तेऽहं नरश्रेष्ठ करिष्यामि तव प्रियम्। शिरसा धारयिष्यामि शैलराजसुतामहम्॥

prītaste'haṃ naraśreṣṭha kariṣyāmi tava priyam| śirasā dhārayiṣyāmi śailarājasutāmaham||

English Meaning

O foremost of men, I am well pleased with you: I will do what will before your welfare. I will hold the Mountain's daughter on my head.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)