Chapter 52 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 52.20

एह्येहि शबले क्षिप्रं शृणु चापि वचो मम। सबलस्यास्य राजर्षेः कर्तुं व्यवसितोऽस्म्यहम्। भोजनेन महाहेण सत्कारं संविधत्स्व मे॥

ehyehi śabale kṣipraṃ śṛṇu cāpi vaco mama| sabalasyāsya rājarṣeḥ kartuṃ vyavasito'smyaham| bhojanena mahāheṇa satkāraṃ saṃvidhatsva me||

English Meaning

O Śabala! do you come soon; and hear my words. I intend to entertain this royal saint together with his forces. Do you enable me to entertain him, by yielding excellent viands.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)