Chapter 5 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 5.9

रोचते यदि मे सख्यं बाहुरेष प्रसारितः। गृह्यतां पाणिना पाणिर्मर्यादा बध्यतां ध्रुवा॥

rocate yadi me sakhyaṃ bāhureṣa prasāritaḥ| gṛhyatāṃ pāṇinā pāṇirmaryādā badhyatāṃ dhruvā||

English Meaning

If you relish friendship with me, do you take this stretched arm and my hand with yours, and bind yourself fast with a vow.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)