Chapter 9 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 9.8

सा त्वं गुनिवरं श्रेष्ठं प्रजापतिकुलोद्भवम्। भज विश्रवसं पुत्रि पौलस्त्यं वरय स्वयम्॥

sā tvaṃ gunivaraṃ śreṣṭhaṃ prajāpatikulodbhavam| bhaja viśravasaṃ putri paulastyaṃ varaya svayam||

English Meaning

Do you, my daughter, seek for your husband that best and foremost of ascetics sprung in the line of Prajăpati Pulastya's son, Viśravā, and of yourself accept him (for your lord).

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)