Chapter 23 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 23.24

दीनो वा राज्यहीनो वा यो मे भर्ता स मे गुरुः। तं नित्यमनुरक्ताऽस्मि यथा सूर्यं सुवर्चला॥

dīno vā rājyahīno vā yo me bhartā sa me guruḥ| taṃ nityamanuraktā'smi yathā sūryaṃ suvarcalā||

English Meaning

Poor or deprived of kingdom, he who is my husband, is my preceptor. I am ever devoted to him, like Suvarcalā (The wife of the sun) to the Sun.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)