Chapter 72 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 72

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 72.20

गवां शतसहस्रं च ब्राह्मणेभ्यो नराधिपः। एकैकशो ददौ राजा पुत्रानुद्दिश्य धर्मतः॥

gavāṃ śatasahasraṃ ca brāhmaṇebhyo narādhipaḥ| ekaikaśo dadau rājā putrānuddiśya dharmataḥ||

English Meaning

And to Brāhmaṇas the monarch severally gavę away kine by hundreds and by thousands, for the welfare of his sons.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)