Chapter 34 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 34

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 34.21

नाहं स्वप्नमिमं मन्ये स्वप्ने दृष्ट्वा हि वानरम्। न शक्योऽभ्युदयः प्राप्तुं प्राप्तश्चाभ्युदयो मम॥

nāhaṃ svapnamimaṃ manye svapne dṛṣṭvā hi vānaram| na śakyo'bhyudayaḥ prāptuṃ prāptaścābhyudayo mama||

English Meaning

Nor do I regard this as dream. To behold a monkey in a dream dose not lead to prosperity whereas I have attained it. (Here prosperity means joy-Sītā attained an immense treasure of joy on beholding Rāma's messengerHanumãn.)

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)