Chapter 1 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 1.87

किं नु वक्ष्यामि धर्मज्ञं राजानं सत्यवादिनम्। जनकं पृष्टसीतं तं कुशलं जनसंसदि॥

kiṃ nu vakṣyāmi dharmajñaṃ rājānaṃ satyavādinam| janakaṃ pṛṣṭasītaṃ taṃ kuśalaṃ janasaṃsadi||

English Meaning

What shall I speak to that virtuous, truthful king Janaka when he shall interrogate me about Sītā's welfare in an assembly?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)