Chapter 53 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 53.22

यद्यस्ति पतिशुश्रूषा यद्यस्ति चरितं तपः॥ यदि वा त्वेकपत्नीत्वं शीतो भव हनूमतः।

yadyasti patiśuśrūṣā yadyasti caritaṃ tapaḥ|| yadi vā tvekapatnītvaṃ śīto bhava hanūmataḥ|

English Meaning

If I have served my lord, if I bear a character, if I have ascetic merit, if I have been the wife of one alone, then prove you cool to Hanumān.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)