Chapter 73 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 73

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 73.3

श्रुत्वा त्वहमयोध्यायां विवाहार्थं तगत्मजान्। मिथिलामुपयातांस्तु त्वया सह महीपते॥ त्वरयाभ्युपयातोऽहं द्रष्टुकामः स्वसुः सुतम्।

śrutvā tvahamayodhyāyāṃ vivāhārthaṃ tagatmajān| mithilāmupayātāṃstu tvayā saha mahīpate|| tvarayābhyupayāto'haṃ draṣṭukāmaḥ svasuḥ sutam|

English Meaning

O descendant of Raghu. And learning at Ayodhyā that your sons for the purpose of marriage had, O monarch, come to Mithilā with yourself, I have speedily hide hither, with the intention of seeing my sister's son.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)