Chapter 76 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 76

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 76.12

राघवस्य तु तद्वाक्यं श्रुत्वा विबुधसत्तमाः। प्रत्युचू राघवं प्रीता देवाः प्रीतिसमन्वितम्॥ निर्वृतो भव काकुत्स्थ सोऽस्मिन्नहनि बालकः। जीवितं प्राप्तवान्भूयः समेतश्चापि बन्धुभिः॥ यस्मिन्मुहूर्ते काकुत्स्थ शूद्रोऽयं पातितः। तस्मिन्मुहूर्ते बालोऽसौ जीवेन समयुज्यत॥

rāghavasya tu tadvākyaṃ śrutvā vibudhasattamāḥ| pratyucū rāghavaṃ prītā devāḥ prītisamanvitam|| nirvṛto bhava kākutstha so'sminnahani bālakaḥ| jīvitaṃ prāptavānbhūyaḥ sametaścāpi bandhubhiḥ|| yasminmuhūrte kākutstha śūdro'yaṃ pātitaḥ| tasminmuhūrte bālo'sau jīvena samayujyata||

English Meaning

Hearing the words of Rāma the leading celestials delightedly said, Do you return, O Käkutstha, The Brāhmaṇa boy shall immediately gain back his life and be united with his father, mother and friends. Rāghava, with the death of the Sudra the boy has regained his life.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)