Chapter 54 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 54.17

चिरस्य खलु काकुत्स्थ पश्याम्यहमुपागतम्। श्रुतं तव मया चैव विवासनमकारणम्॥

cirasya khalu kākutstha paśyāmyahamupāgatam| śrutaṃ tava mayā caiva vivāsanamakāraṇam||

English Meaning

O Kākutstha, I behold you come after a long time. I have heard of your causeless exile.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)