Chapter 10 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 10

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 10.11

कस्त्वं किं वर्तसे ब्रह्मज्ञातुमिच्छामहे वयम्। एकस्त्वं विजने दूरे वने चरसि शंस नः॥

kastvaṃ kiṃ vartase brahmajñātumicchāmahe vayam| ekastvaṃ vijane dūre vane carasi śaṃsa naḥ||

English Meaning

Who are you? And where are you going, O Brahman? We wish to learn all this. And why is it that you range alone this far-off forest?

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)