Chapter 9 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 9.15

त्यजाशु कोपं सुखधर्मनाशनं भजस्व धर्म रतिकीर्तिवर्धनम्। प्रसीद जीवेम सपुत्रबान्धवाः प्रदीयतां दाशरथाय मैथिली॥

tyajāśu kopaṃ sukhadharmanāśanaṃ bhajasva dharma ratikīrtivardhanam| prasīda jīvema saputrabāndhavāḥ pradīyatāṃ dāśarathāya maithilī||

English Meaning

Forsake your wrath at once, which destroy happiness and virtue; and follow righteousness, which enhance enjoyment and fame. Be you propitious, so that we may live (at ease) along with our sons and relatives. Render (back) Maithili to Dasaratha's son.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)