Chapter 41 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 41

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 41.59

ब्रवीमि त्वां हितं वाक्यं क्रियतामौर्ध्वदेहिकम्। सुदृष्टा क्रियतां लङ्का जीवितं ते मयि स्थितम्॥

bravīmi tvāṃ hitaṃ vākyaṃ kriyatāmaurdhvadehikam| sudṛṣṭā kriyatāṃ laṅkā jīvitaṃ te mayi sthitam||

English Meaning

It is all this for your good; do you perform acts for the good of your body surviving death; and do you see Lankā well; for your life is in my keeping.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)