Chapter 76 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 76

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 76.2

शूद्रयोन्यां प्रजातोऽस्मि तप उग्रं समास्थितः। देवत्वं प्रार्थये राम सशरीरो महायशः॥

śūdrayonyāṃ prajāto'smi tapa ugraṃ samāsthitaḥ| devatvaṃ prārthaye rāma saśarīro mahāyaśaḥ||

English Meaning

O highly illustrious Rāma, I am born in the race of sūdras; and with a view to reach the region of the celestials with my body I am going through these austere penances.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)