Chapter 8 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 8.4

सोऽहं सभाज्यो बन्धूनां सुहृदां चैव राघव। यस्याग्निसाक्षिकं मित्रं लब्धं राघववंशजम्॥

so'haṃ sabhājyo bandhūnāṃ suhṛdāṃ caiva rāghava| yasyāgnisākṣikaṃ mitraṃ labdhaṃ rāghavavaṃśajam||

English Meaning

I, who have, in the presence of Fire, gained for my friend (you) sprung from the Rāghava race, am, O Rāghava worthy of being honoured by my friends and relations.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)