Chapter 71 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 71

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 71.17

स त्वं सीतां समाचक्ष्व येन वा यत्र वा हृता॥ कुरु कल्याणमत्यर्थं यदि जानासि तत्त्वतः।

sa tvaṃ sītāṃ samācakṣva yena vā yatra vā hṛtā|| kuru kalyāṇamatyarthaṃ yadi jānāsi tattvataḥ|

English Meaning

Do you tell us who has carried away Sītā? And where? If do you know it truly do you perform us this good service.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)