Chapter 40 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 40.2

त्वां दृष्ट्वा प्रियवक्तारं सम्प्रहृष्यामि वानर। अर्धसंजातसस्येव वृष्टिं प्राप्य वसुंधरा ॥

tvāṃ dṛṣṭvā priyavaktāraṃ samprahṛṣyāmi vānara| ardhasaṃjātasasyeva vṛṣṭiṃ prāpya vasuṃdharā ||

English Meaning

Even as the Earth with corn half-way towards harvest is gladdened on receipt of showers, have I, O monkey, been gladdened on seeing you that speakest sweetly.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)