नाश्रौषमिति राजानमुपालब्धोऽपि वक्ष्यसि । चिरं दुःखस्य पापिष्ठमिति रामस्तमब्रवीत्॥
nāśrauṣamiti rājānamupālabdho'pi vakṣyasi | ciraṃ duḥkhasya pāpiṣṭhamiti rāmastamabravīt||
English Meaning
Rāma said to him, “When taxed by the monarch (on your return), you will say, 'I did not hear you.' But delay will impart me terrible pain."
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)