Chapter 23 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 23.25

यथा शची महाभागा शक्रं समुपतिष्ठति। अरुन्धती वसिष्ठं च रोहिणी शशिनं यथा॥ लोपामुद्रा यथाऽगस्त्यं सुकन्या च्यवनं यथा। सावित्री सत्यवन्तं च कपिलं श्रीमती यथा॥ सौदासं मदयन्तीव केशिनी सगरं यथा। नैषधं दमयन्तीव भैमी पतिमनुव्रता॥ तथाहमिक्ष्वाकुवरं रामं पतिमनुव्रता।

yathā śacī mahābhāgā śakraṃ samupatiṣṭhati| arundhatī vasiṣṭhaṃ ca rohiṇī śaśinaṃ yathā|| lopāmudrā yathā'gastyaṃ sukanyā cyavanaṃ yathā| sāvitrī satyavantaṃ ca kapilaṃ śrīmatī yathā|| saudāsaṃ madayantīva keśinī sagaraṃ yathā| naiṣadhaṃ damayantīva bhaimī patimanuvratā|| tathāhamikṣvākuvaraṃ rāmaṃ patimanuvratā|

English Meaning

Like to the great ſacī standing by Sakra, Arundhati by Vasista, Rohini by the Moon, Lopamudrā by Agastya, Sukanyā by Cyavana, Sāvitrī by Satyavana, Śrīmatī by Kapila, Madayanti by Saudāsa, Kešinī by Sagara and Damayantī the daughter of the king Bhaimnī by her husband Nala, I shall ever remain devoted to my husband Rāma, the foremost of the descendants of lksvaku.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)