Chapter 76 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 76

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 76.32

अत्यद्भुतमिदं दिव्यं वपुषा युक्तमद्भुतम्॥ कथं वा भवता प्राप्तं कुतो वा केन वा हृतम्। कौतूहलतया ब्रह्मन्पृच्छामि त्वां महायशः ।३५ ।। आश्चर्याणां बहूनां हि निधिः परमको भवान्।

atyadbhutamidaṃ divyaṃ vapuṣā yuktamadbhutam|| kathaṃ vā bhavatā prāptaṃ kuto vā kena vā hṛtam| kautūhalatayā brahmanpṛcchāmi tvāṃ mahāyaśaḥ |35 || āścaryāṇāṃ bahūnāṃ hi nidhiḥ paramako bhavān|

English Meaning

When have you obtained this celestial ornamens of a wondrous make? Who have given you this? O Brāhmaṇa, I do accost you thus out of curiosity. You are the mine of many wonders.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)