Chapter 59 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 59.80

अथाशरीरिणी वाणी अन्तरिक्षात्प्रबोधिनी। मावधी राम गृधं त्वं पूर्वदग्धं तपोबलात्॥ कालगौतमदग्धोऽयं प्रजानाथो नरेश्वर। ब्रह्मदत्तेति नाम्नैष शूरः सत्यव्रतः शुचिः॥ गृहं त्वस्यागतो विप्रो भोजनं प्रत्यमार्गत। साग्रं वर्षशतं चैव भोक्तव्यं नृपसत्तम॥

athāśarīriṇī vāṇī antarikṣātprabodhinī| māvadhī rāma gṛdhaṃ tvaṃ pūrvadagdhaṃ tapobalāt|| kālagautamadagdho'yaṃ prajānātho nareśvara| brahmadatteti nāmnaiṣa śūraḥ satyavrataḥ śuciḥ|| gṛhaṃ tvasyāgato vipro bhojanaṃ pratyamārgata| sāgraṃ varṣaśataṃ caiva bhoktavyaṃ nṛpasattama||

English Meaning

In the interval a voice was heard in the sky stating the true facts: "O Rāma, do not slay the vulture,—for it has already been reduced to ashes by the force of Gautama's asceticism. O lord of men, this vulture, in its pristine birth, was a heroic truthful and pure king by the name of Brahmadatta. Once on a time a Brhāmaņa, by the name of Gautama, the very personification of Kāla, came to the house of Brahmadatta for food and said:-'0 king, I shall feed in your house for more than a hundred

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)