Chapter 76 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 76

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 76.26

प्रतिगृह्णीष्व काकुत्स्थ मत्प्रियं कुरु राघव। दत्तस्य हि पुनर्दाने सुमहत्फलमुच्यते॥

pratigṛhṇīṣva kākutstha matpriyaṃ kuru rāghava| dattasya hi punardāne sumahatphalamucyate||

English Meaning

By accepting this, O Kākutstha, do you satisfy my desire. It is said, that one attains to best fruits if he makes present to his deity, of best articles he gets from another.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)