Chapter 50 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 50

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 50.23

भुजाभ्यां साधुवृत्ताभ्यां पीडयन् वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥ दिष्ट्या त्वां गुह पश्यामि ह्यरोगं सह बान्धवैः। अपि ते कुशलं राष्ट्रे मित्रेषु च वनेषु च ॥

bhujābhyāṃ sādhuvṛttābhyāṃ pīḍayan vākyamabravīt|| diṣṭyā tvāṃ guha paśyāmi hyarogaṃ saha bāndhavaiḥ| api te kuśalaṃ rāṣṭre mitreṣu ca vaneṣu ca ||

English Meaning

Then pressing Guha hard with his arms, Rāma said, O Guha, it is by good luck that I see you whole along with your friends. Is your kingdom in peace both as regards your friends and the forest?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)