Chapter 53 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 53

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 53.14

योऽपि पालयते विप्रः सोऽपि गामन्वगाबृतम्। गत्वा च तमृषि चष्टे मम गौरिति सत्वरम्॥ स्पर्शिता राजसिंहेन मम दत्ता नृगेण ह।

yo'pi pālayate vipraḥ so'pi gāmanvagābṛtam| gatvā ca tamṛṣi caṣṭe mama gauriti satvaram|| sparśitā rājasiṃhena mama dattā nṛgeṇa ha|

English Meaning

And the Brāhmaṇa, in whose house the cow so long remained, speedily pursued her and approaching the ascetic said. “This cow is mine. The king Nrga conferred this upon me.”

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)