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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.52.22

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 52: Story of Viśvāmitra: Śabalā’s feast and the rejected purchase. Śabalā feeds the entire company, Viśvāmitra offers escalating wealth to purchase her and Vasiṣṭha refuses to surrender the source of his ritual sustenance

In the sequence: Vasiṣṭha again refuses: Śabalā is his wealth, life, and the foundation of all his rites.

1.52.22

etad eva hi me ratnam etad eva hi me dhanam
etad eva hi sarvasvam etad eva hi jīvitam

'For this alone is my jewel, this alone my wealth, this alone my everything, this alone my very life;'

Words: etad eva hi — this alone indeed; me — my; ratnam — jewel; etad eva hi — this alone indeed; me — my; dhanam — wealth; etad eva hi — this alone indeed; sarvasvam — whole property, everything; etad eva hi — this alone indeed; jīvitam — life

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.