Chapter 96 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 96

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 96.8

बहुवर्षसहस्राणि तपश्चर्या मया कृता। नोपाश्नीयां फलं तस्या दुष्टेयं यदि मैथिली॥

bahuvarṣasahasrāṇi tapaścaryā mayā kṛtā| nopāśnīyāṃ phalaṃ tasyā duṣṭeyaṃ yadi maithilī||

English Meaning

I have performed austere penances for many thousand years; I now swear before you, that if this Maithili is found touched by any sin I shall not reap the fruit of my ascetic observances extending over many thousand years.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)