Chapter 9 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 9.21

हत्वा श स मे भ्राता प्रविवेश पुरं तदा ॥ मानयस्तं महात्मानं यथावच्चाभिवादयम्। उक्ताश्च नाशिषस्तेन प्रहृष्टेनान्तरात्मना ॥

hatvā śa sa me bhrātā praviveśa puraṃ tadā || mānayastaṃ mahātmānaṃ yathāvaccābhivādayam| uktāśca nāśiṣastena prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā ||

English Meaning

Having slain his foe, he then entered his city; and I, honouring that high-souled one, duly saluted him. He withal did not with a glad heart utter his benediction.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)