Chapter 99 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 99

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 99.14

तासां रामो महादानं काले काले प्रयच्छति। मातृणामविशेषेण ब्राह्मणेषु तपस्विषु॥ पित्र्याणि ब्रह्मरत्नानि यज्ञान्परमदुस्तरान्। चकार रामो धर्मात्मा पितृन्देवान्विवर्धयन्॥

tāsāṃ rāmo mahādānaṃ kāle kāle prayacchati| mātṛṇāmaviśeṣeṇa brāhmaṇeṣu tapasviṣu|| pitryāṇi brahmaratnāni yajñānparamadustarān| cakāra rāmo dharmātmā pitṛndevānvivardhayan||

English Meaning

Besides, having worshipped the deities and manes on the occasion of his father's Śrădha ceremony the high-souled Rāma distributed many jewels and engaged in the performance of a very difficult sacrifice.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)