Chapter 72 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 72

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 72.26

न नूनं मां महाराजः प्राप्तं जानाति कीर्तिमान्। उपजिभ्रेत् तु मां मूर्ध्नि तात: संनाम्य सत्वरम्॥

na nūnaṃ māṃ mahārājaḥ prāptaṃ jānāti kīrtimān| upajibhret tu māṃ mūrdhni tāta: saṃnāmya satvaram||

English Meaning

Surely the renowned monarch does not know that I have come. (If he had done so), pressing down my head, my father would at once have smelt it.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)