Chapter 68 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 68

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 68.21

भर्तुः प्रियार्थं कुलरक्षणार्थं भर्तुश्च वंशस्य परिग्रहार्थम्। अहेडमानास्त्वरया स्म दूता रात्र्यां तु ते तत्पुरमेव याताः॥

bhartuḥ priyārthaṃ kularakṣaṇārthaṃ bhartuśca vaṃśasya parigrahārtham| aheḍamānāstvarayā sma dūtā rātryāṃ tu te tatpurameva yātāḥ||

English Meaning

And for pleasing their master, for the preservation of the people, and enabling Bharata to assume the reins of government, those envoys, casting aside negligence, swiftly entered the city in the night.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)