Chapter 36 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 36

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 36.21

तानुवाच ततो राजा किंनिमित्तमिदं भयम्। ताश्चापि राज्ञा सम्पृष्टा वाक्यं प्रकृतयोऽब्रुवन्॥

tānuvāca tato rājā kiṃnimittamidaṃ bhayam| tāścāpi rājñā sampṛṣṭā vākyaṃ prakṛtayo'bruvan||

English Meaning

To them he replied, 'Whence is this fear of yours?' Thus asked by the monarch, the subjects said.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)