Chapter 89 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 89

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 89.18

तथा ब्रुवति राजेन्द्रे बुधः परममद्भुतम्। सान्त्वपूर्वमथोवाच वासस्त इह रोचताम्॥ न संतापस्त्वया कार्यः कार्दमेय महाबल। संवत्सरोषितस्याद्य कारयिष्यामि ते हितम्॥

tathā bruvati rājendre budhaḥ paramamadbhutam| sāntvapūrvamathovāca vāsasta iha rocatām|| na saṃtāpastvayā kāryaḥ kārdameya mahābala| saṃvatsaroṣitasyādya kārayiṣyāmi te hitam||

English Meaning

Hearing those wonderful words of the king Ila, Budha consoling him, said:-Do you wait here. Be not aggrieved, O highly powerful son of Kardama. If you do live here for a year, I shall render your well-being.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)