Chapter 1 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 1.42

न त केकयराजानं जनकं वा नराधिपः। त्वरया चानयामास पश्चात्तौ श्रोष्यतः प्रियम्॥

na ta kekayarājānaṃ janakaṃ vā narādhipaḥ| tvarayā cānayāmāsa paścāttau śroṣyataḥ priyam||

English Meaning

But that lord of men did not, on account of haste, bring over either Janaka or the king of the Kekayas, concluding that a little while after they would receive the glad tidings.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)