Chapter 18 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 18.7

चिन्तयामास चतुरो रामः पितृहिते रतः। किंस्विदद्यैव नृपतिर्न मां प्रत्यभिनन्दति॥

cintayāmāsa caturo rāmaḥ pitṛhite rataḥ| kiṃsvidadyaiva nṛpatirna māṃ pratyabhinandati||

English Meaning

And clever Rāma, intent on his father's welfare, thought within himself:, Why does not the king display joy on my arrival to-day.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)