Chapter 73 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 73

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 73.1

यस्मिंस्तु दिवसे राजा चक्रे गोदानमुत्तमम्। तस्मिंस्तु दिवसे वीरो युधाजित् समुपेयिवान्॥ पुत्रः केकयराजस्य साक्षाद्भरतमातुलः। दृष्ट्वा पृष्ट्वा च कुशलं राजानमिदमब्रवीत्॥

yasmiṃstu divase rājā cakre godānamuttamam| tasmiṃstu divase vīro yudhājit samupeyivān|| putraḥ kekayarājasya sākṣādbharatamātulaḥ| dṛṣṭvā pṛṣṭvā ca kuśalaṃ rājānamidamabravīt||

English Meaning

And it came to pass that the day on which the king made excellent presents of kine, the heroic Yudhājit, son to the lord of the Kekayas and maternal uncle to Bharata, presented himself before Dasaratha. And having seen the king and enquired after his welfare, he said to him.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)