Chapter 20 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 20.17

समाश्वासय पुवं त्वं संदेश संदिशस्व मे। मूर्ध्नि चैनं समाघ्राय प्रवासं प्रस्थितो ह्यसि ॥

samāśvāsaya puvaṃ tvaṃ saṃdeśa saṃdiśasva me| mūrdhni cainaṃ samāghrāya pravāsaṃ prasthito hyasi ||

English Meaning

Do you console your son, favour me with orders, smell his head, as you are going to journey in a foreign land.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)