Chapter 61 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 61

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 61.13

एवमुक्तो महातेजा ऋचीकस्त्वब्रवीद् वचः॥ नाहं ज्येष्ठं नरश्रेष्ठ विक्रीणीयां कथंचन।

evamukto mahātejā ṛcīkastvabravīd vacaḥ|| nāhaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ naraśreṣṭha vikrīṇīyāṃ kathaṃcana|

English Meaning

Thus addressed the exceedingly energetic Rcīka replied, “O best of men, my first-born I will in no wise dispose of.'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)