Chapter 10 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 10

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 10.13

शीघ्रं वरय धर्मज्ञ वरो यस्तेऽभिकाङ्कितः। कं ते कामं करोम्यद्य न वृथा ते परिश्रमः॥

śīghraṃ varaya dharmajña varo yaste'bhikāṅkitaḥ| kaṃ te kāmaṃ karomyadya na vṛthā te pariśramaḥ||

English Meaning

Do you, O cognisant of righteousness, at once ask for the boon that you wish to have. What wish of your shall I realise? Your toil must not go for nothing.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)