Chapter 34 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 34

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 34.5

कल्याणी वत गाथेयं लौकिकी प्रतिभाति मा। एति जीवन्तमानन्दो नरं वर्षशतादपि॥

kalyāṇī vata gātheyaṃ laukikī pratibhāti mā| eti jīvantamānando naraṃ varṣaśatādapi||

English Meaning

Verily the wise saw of the people appears to me to be true that once in a hundred years true joy appears to a living man.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)