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)