Chapter 91 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 91

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 91.5

किमर्थं चापि निक्षिप्य दूरे बलमिहागतः। कस्मान्नेहोपयातोऽसि सबलः पुरुषर्षभ॥

kimarthaṃ cāpi nikṣipya dūre balamihāgataḥ| kasmānnehopayāto'si sabalaḥ puruṣarṣabha||

English Meaning

Why did you coming higher, leave your army at a distance:? And, you man of men, why did you not come accompanied with your forces?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)