Chapter 73 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 73

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 73.2

केकयाधिपती राजा स्नेहात् कुशलमब्रवीत्। येषां कुशलकामोऽसि तेषां सम्प्रत्यनामयम्॥ स्वतीयं मम राजेन्द्र द्रष्टुकामो महीपतिः। तदर्थमुपयातोऽहयोध्यां रघुनन्दन ॥

kekayādhipatī rājā snehāt kuśalamabravīt| yeṣāṃ kuśalakāmo'si teṣāṃ sampratyanāmayam|| svatīyaṃ mama rājendra draṣṭukāmo mahīpatiḥ| tadarthamupayāto'hayodhyāṃ raghunandana ||

English Meaning

The lord of the Kekayas has from affection enquired after your welfare, sayiing,-'They of whose peace you are anxious, are at present well.' And, O foremost of kings, desirous of seeing (Bharata) together with his wife, that lord of earth repaired to Ayodhyā.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)