Chapter 2 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 2.32

संग्रामात् पुनरागत्य कुञ्जरेण रथेन वा॥ पौरान् स्वजनवन्नित्यं कुशलं परिपृच्छति। पुढेष्वग्निषु दारेषु प्रेष्यशिष्यगणेषु च॥

saṃgrāmāt punarāgatya kuñjareṇa rathena vā|| paurān svajanavannityaṃ kuśalaṃ paripṛcchati| puḍheṣvagniṣu dāreṣu preṣyaśiṣyagaṇeṣu ca||

English Meaning

And even as a father enquired after the welfare of his sons, he, returning from the field horse or elephant, exhaustively and consecutively enquired after the weal of the citizens, concerning their sons, their (sacrificial) fire, or their wives, or their servants, or their disciples.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)