Chapter 38 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 38

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 38.21

आपृच्छामो गमिष्यामो हृदिस्थो नः सदा भवान्। वर्तामहे महाबाहो प्रीत्यात्र महता वृताः॥ भवेच्च ते महाराज प्रीतिरस्मासु नित्यदा। बाढमित्येव राजानो हर्षेण परमान्विताः॥

āpṛcchāmo gamiṣyāmo hṛdistho naḥ sadā bhavān| vartāmahe mahābāho prītyātra mahatā vṛtāḥ|| bhavecca te mahārāja prītirasmāsu nityadā| bāḍhamityeva rājāno harṣeṇa paramānvitāḥ||

English Meaning

With your permission we shall now leave for our respective provinces but you shall always reside in our hearts. O you having long arms, O great king, may you have that love for us perpetually that we may find place in your heart. Whereto Rama replied saying "so be it."

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)