Chapter 47 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 47

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 47.9

किं वक्ष्यामो महाबाहुरनसूयः प्रियंवदः। नीतः स राघवोऽस्माभिरिति वक्तुं कथं क्षमम्॥

kiṃ vakṣyāmo mahābāhuranasūyaḥ priyaṃvadaḥ| nītaḥ sa rāghavo'smābhiriti vaktuṃ kathaṃ kṣamam||

English Meaning

What shall we say (when people ask us?) How can we say, 'We took hence the mightyarmed, sweet-speeched and unavenging Rāma?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)