Chapter 37 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 37

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 37.44

एवं चिन्तयतस्तस्य रावणस्य दुरात्मनः। पुनरेवापरं वाक्यं व्याजहार महामुनिः॥ मनसथेप्सितं यत्तद्भविष्यति महाहवे। सुखी भव महाबाहो कंचित्कालमुदीक्षय॥

evaṃ cintayatastasya rāvaṇasya durātmanaḥ| punarevāparaṃ vākyaṃ vyājahāra mahāmuniḥ|| manasathepsitaṃ yattadbhaviṣyati mahāhave| sukhī bhava mahābāho kaṃcitkālamudīkṣaya||

English Meaning

The vicious-souled Răvaņa thinking thus the great ascetic, again gave vent to accents. “o you having long arms, what you have desired in your mind shall be encompassed in the great encounter. Be you happy and wait for some time.”

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)