Chapter 19 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 19.14

व्रीडान्वितः स्वयं यच्च नृपस्त्वां नाभिभाषते। नैतत् किंचिन्नरश्रेष्ठ मन्युरेषोऽपनीयताम्॥

vrīḍānvitaḥ svayaṃ yacca nṛpastvāṃ nābhibhāṣate| naitat kiṃcinnaraśreṣṭha manyureṣo'panīyatām||

English Meaning

The king being abashed, does not himself address you, there is nothing else than this. Do you, Oh best of men, dispel this wretchedness of his.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)