Chapter 14 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 14

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 14.47

सुमन्त्र रामं द्रक्ष्यामि शीघ्रमानय सुन्दरम्। स मन्यमानः कल्याणं हृदयेन ननन्द च॥ निर्जगाम च स प्रीत्या त्वरितो राजशासनात्। सुमन्त्रश्चिन्तयामास त्वरितं चोदितस्तया॥

sumantra rāmaṃ drakṣyāmi śīghramānaya sundaram| sa manyamānaḥ kalyāṇaṃ hṛdayena nananda ca|| nirjagāma ca sa prītyā tvarito rājaśāsanāt| sumantraścintayāmāsa tvaritaṃ coditastayā||

English Meaning

Sumantra, Bring the beautiful Răma here, I want to see him. Thinking that some good would accrue to Rāma, he was pleased at heart and away he went speedily delighted at the royal mandate. Being asked again by Kaikeyi to hurry on at the time of departure Sumantra thought within himself.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)