Chapter 12 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 12.10

अद्य मे विगतः शोकः प्रीतिरद्य परा मम। सुहृदं त्वां समासाद्य महेन्द्रवरुणोपमम्॥

adya me vigataḥ śokaḥ prītiradya parā mama| suhṛdaṃ tvāṃ samāsādya mahendravaruṇopamam||

English Meaning

Obtaining you as my friend like to Mahendra and Varuņa, my grief has been removed and I have attained to an excess of delight.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)