Chapter 111 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 111

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 111.17

ते तदोचुर्महात्मानं पौरजानपदा जनाः। काकुत्स्थमभिजानीमः सम्यग् वदति राघवः॥ एषोऽपि हि महाभागः पितुर्वचसि तिष्ठति। एत एव न शक्ताः स्म व्यावर्तयितुमञ्जसा ॥

te tadocurmahātmānaṃ paurajānapadā janāḥ| kākutsthamabhijānīmaḥ samyag vadati rāghavaḥ|| eṣo'pi hi mahābhāgaḥ piturvacasi tiṣṭhati| eta eva na śaktāḥ sma vyāvartayitumañjasā ||

English Meaning

Thereupon the citizens and the dwellers of the provinces answered that high-souled one, saying, We perceive that the descendant of Raghu says to Kākutstha what is fit; and this exceedingly virtuous one stay by the words of his sire. Therefore we are incapable of suddenly saying anything.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)