Chapter 57 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 57

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 57.24

इमं तस्य महाभाग दूतं दुष्करकारिणः। वनवासादनुप्राप्तं कस्मान्न प्रतिभाषसे॥

imaṃ tasya mahābhāga dūtaṃ duṣkarakāriṇaḥ| vanavāsādanuprāptaṃ kasmānna pratibhāṣase||

English Meaning

This, O eminently virtuous one, is the envoy of that one an exceedingly arduous achievement returned from the forest. Why do you not accost him?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)