Chapter 38 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 38

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 38.9

राजा हि वृद्धः संतापं त्वदर्थमुपयास्यति। तस्माद्गमनमद्यैव रोचते तव पार्थिव॥ लक्ष्मणेनानुयात्रेण पृष्ठतोऽनुगमिष्यते। धनमादाय बहुलं रत्नानि विविधानि च॥

rājā hi vṛddhaḥ saṃtāpaṃ tvadarthamupayāsyati| tasmādgamanamadyaiva rocate tava pārthiva|| lakṣmaṇenānuyātreṇa pṛṣṭhato'nugamiṣyate| dhanamādāya bahulaṃ ratnāni vividhāni ca||

English Meaning

The old king might have been grieved for your long absence. It therefore behove you, O king, to go there-today. With immense wealth and various jewels let Lakşmaņa follow there.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)