Chapter 52 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 52.13

सत्क्रियां हि भवानेतां प्रतीच्छतु मया कृताम्। राजंस्त्वमतिथिश्रेष्ठः पूजनीयः प्रयत्नतः॥

satkriyāṃ hi bhavānetāṃ pratīcchatu mayā kṛtām| rājaṃstvamatithiśreṣṭhaḥ pūjanīyaḥ prayatnataḥ||

English Meaning

Do you receive the hospitality which I extend to you. O king, you are the foremost of guests, and art worthy of assiduous homage.'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)