Chapter 53 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 53.9

नाहं शतसहस्रेण नापि कोटिशतैर्गवाम्॥ राजन् दास्यामि शबलां राशिभी रजतस्य वा। न परित्यागमयं मत्सकाशादरिंदम ॥

nāhaṃ śatasahasreṇa nāpi koṭiśatairgavām|| rājan dāsyāmi śabalāṃ rāśibhī rajatasya vā| na parityāgamayaṃ matsakāśādariṃdama ||

English Meaning

O king, neither for an hundred thousand nor for an hundred Koți of kine, nor yet for heaps of silver, will I part with Sabala. O subduer of enemies, this one deserves not to be separated from my side.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)