Chapter 24 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 24.4

क एतच्छ्रद्दधेच्छ्रुत्वा कस्य वा न भवेद् भयम्। गुणवान् दयितो राज्ञः काकुत्स्थो यद् विवास्यते॥

ka etacchraddadhecchrutvā kasya vā na bhaved bhayam| guṇavān dayito rājñaḥ kākutstho yad vivāsyate||

English Meaning

Who shall believe, or believing who shall not be afraid, that his highly accomplished descendant of Kākutstha, favourite of the king, is going to be exiled?

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)