Chapter 111 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 111

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 111.7

वाचकाय च दातव्यं वस्त्रं धेनुहिरण्यकम्। वाचके परितुष्टे तु तुष्टाः स्युः सर्वदेवताः॥

vācakāya ca dātavyaṃ vastraṃ dhenuhiraṇyakam| vācake parituṣṭe tu tuṣṭāḥ syuḥ sarvadevatāḥ||

English Meaning

Clothes, cows, and gold should be conferred upon him who chants this poem, for he being pleased all the deities remain satisfied.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)