Chapter 35 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 35

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 35.16

तत्र ते जननी क्रुद्धा मृत्युपाशमभीप्सती। हासं ते नृपते सौम्य जिज्ञासामीति चाब्रवीत्॥

tatra te jananī kruddhā mṛtyupāśamabhīpsatī| hāsaṃ te nṛpate saumya jijñāsāmīti cābravīt||

English Meaning

Thereat your mother getting angry, wishing for the noose of death, said, 'O king, O placid one, I ask you for the reason of your daughter.'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)