Chapter 3 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 3.1

अथोवाच पुनर्वाक्यं विराधः पूरयन् वनम्। पृच्छतो मम हि ब्रूतं कौ युवां क्व गमिष्यथः॥

athovāca punarvākyaṃ virādhaḥ pūrayan vanam| pṛcchato mama hi brūtaṃ kau yuvāṃ kva gamiṣyathaḥ||

English Meaning

Then Virādha again spoke filling the forest, Do you tell me who ask you, who are you and whither are you going? The North-West Provinces text has additional Sloka : Having said this, the graceful Lakşmaņa spoke to Virādha as if jestingly, Who are you that coming to the forest, are ranging it pleasantly?-

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)