Chapter 27 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 27

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 27.2

किमिदं भाषसे राम वाक्यं लघुतया ध्रुवम्। त्वया यदपहास्यं मे श्रुत्वा नरवरोत्तम॥

kimidaṃ bhāṣase rāma vākyaṃ laghutayā dhruvam| tvayā yadapahāsyaṃ me śrutvā naravarottama||

English Meaning

It is that you speak me thus, thinking me, no doubt, mean minded. I can not but laugh at your words.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)