Chapter 14 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 14

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 14.46

अश्रुत्वा राजवचनं कथं गच्छामि भामिनि। तच्छ्रुत्वा मन्त्रिणो वाक्यं राजा मन्त्रिणमब्रवीत्॥

aśrutvā rājavacanaṃ kathaṃ gacchāmi bhāmini| tacchrutvā mantriṇo vākyaṃ rājā mantriṇamabravīt||

English Meaning

“How can I go," replied Sumantra, Without the permission of the king?” Hearing these words of the counsellor, the king spoke to him.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)