Chapter 4 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 4.12

रक्षाम इति तत्रान्यैर्यक्षाम इति चापरैः। @क्षिता क्षितैरुक्तस्ततस्तानाह भूतकृतः॥

rakṣāma iti tatrānyairyakṣāma iti cāparaiḥ| @kṣitā kṣitairuktastatastānāha bhūtakṛtaḥ||

English Meaning

Thereat some said 'Raksama,' (i.e. we shall protect.) and others 'Yaksāma.' (We shall worship.) Thus accosted by those afflicted with hunger and thirst, the creator said.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)