Chapter 19 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 19.3

इदं तु ज्ञातुमिच्छामि किमर्थं मां महीपतिः। नाभिनन्दति दुर्धर्षो यथापूर्वभरिंदमः॥

idaṃ tu jñātumicchāmi kimarthaṃ māṃ mahīpatiḥ| nābhinandati durdharṣo yathāpūrvabhariṃdamaḥ||

English Meaning

Now I want to know only why that lord of the earth, invincible and the conqueror of foes, does not receive me in the same way as he used to do on previous occasions.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)