Chapter 76 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 76

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 76.31

तत्रैन्द्रेण नरश्रेष्ठ भागेन रघुनन्दन।। प्रतिगृह्णीष्व भद्रं ते तारणार्थ मम प्रभो। तद्रामः प्रतिजग्राह मुनेस्तस्य महात्मनः।। दिव्यमाभरणं चित्रं प्रदीप्तमिव भास्करम्। प्रतिगृह्य ततो रामस्तदाभरणमुत्तमम्।। आगमं तस्य दीप्तस्य प्रष्टुमेवोपचक्रमे।

tatraindreṇa naraśreṣṭha bhāgena raghunandana|| pratigṛhṇīṣva bhadraṃ te tāraṇārtha mama prabho| tadrāmaḥ pratijagrāha munestasya mahātmanaḥ|| divyamābharaṇaṃ citraṃ pradīptamiva bhāskaram| pratigṛhya tato rāmastadābharaṇamuttamam|| āgamaṃ tasya dīptasya praṣṭumevopacakrame|

English Meaning

Therefore, O Rama, by virtue of Indra's portion, do you accept this omament and confer upon me the salvation. Hearing the words of the Muni, Rāma took from him that brilliant celestial ornament burning like the rays of the Sun. And having taken that excellent ornament, Dāsarathi asked the great saint Kumbhayoni, saying.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)