Chapter 10 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 10

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 10.28

धर्मिष्ठ त्वं यथा वत्स तथा चैतद्भविष्यति। यस्माद्राक्षसयोनौ ते जातस्यामित्रनाशन॥ नाधर्मे जायते बुद्धिरमरत्वं ददामि ते। इत्युक्त्वा कुम्भकर्णाय वरं दातुमवस्थितम्॥

dharmiṣṭha tvaṃ yathā vatsa tathā caitadbhaviṣyati| yasmādrākṣasayonau te jātasyāmitranāśana|| nādharme jāyate buddhiramaratvaṃ dadāmi te| ityuktvā kumbhakarṇāya varaṃ dātumavasthitam||

English Meaning

As you are virtuous, so all this shall come to pass on your behalf. And inasmuch as in spite of your having been born in the Rākṣasa race, your thoughts, ( destroyer of enemies, do not originate in sin, I confer on the immortality. Having said this, he intended to grant boons to Kumbhakarna.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)