Chapter 2 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 2.19

इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा राजा तेषां मनःप्रियम्। अजानन्निव जिज्ञासुरिदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥

iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rājā teṣāṃ manaḥpriyam| ajānanniva jijñāsuridaṃ vacanamabravīt||

English Meaning

Hearing those welcome word of theirs, the monarch, as if not knowing their mind, asked them, saying.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)