Chapter 18 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 18.25

हैरण्यं संप्रयच्छामि वर्णं प्रीतस्तवाप्यहम्॥ सद्रव्यं च शिरो नित्यं भविष्यति तवाक्षयम्। एष काञ्चनको वर्णो मत्प्रीत्या ते भविष्यति॥

hairaṇyaṃ saṃprayacchāmi varṇaṃ prītastavāpyaham|| sadravyaṃ ca śiro nityaṃ bhaviṣyati tavākṣayam| eṣa kāñcanako varṇo matprītyā te bhaviṣyati||

English Meaning

Your hue shall be gold-gleaming. Pleased am I with you. Your undeteriorating head shall be ever gold-hued. And this golden hue of your shall proceed from my gratification?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)