Chapter 13 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 13

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 13.2

त्वं कत्थसे महाराज सत्यवादी दृढव्रतः। मम चेदं वरं कस्माद् विधारयितुमिच्छसि॥

tvaṃ katthase mahārāja satyavādī dṛḍhavrataḥ| mama cedaṃ varaṃ kasmād vidhārayitumicchasi||

English Meaning

You describe yourself, O mighty monarch, as speaking the truth and firm in vow. Why then do you hesitate to confer this boon on me?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)