Chapter 16 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 16.21

अस्या नूनं पुनर्लाभाद् राघवः प्रीतिमेष्यति। राजा राज्यपरिभ्रष्टः पुनः प्राप्येव मेदिनीम्॥

asyā nūnaṃ punarlābhād rāghavaḥ prītimeṣyati| rājā rājyaparibhraṣṭaḥ punaḥ prāpyeva medinīm||

English Meaning

As a monarch who had lost his kingdom, is greatly delighted when he regain it, forsooth shall Rāghava, in like manner, be pleased when he shall come by her.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)