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)