Chapter 56 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 56

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 56.17

तदेतत् प्रसमीक्ष्याहं प्रसन्नेन्द्रियमानसः। तपो महत् समास्थास्ये यद्वै ब्रह्मत्वकारणम्॥

tadetat prasamīkṣyāhaṃ prasannendriyamānasaḥ| tapo mahat samāsthāsye yadvai brahmatvakāraṇam||

English Meaning

Beholding this, I with a placid mind and senses will engage in mighty austerities, which shall earn for me Brāhmaṇa-hood.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)