Chapter 20 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 20.22

किमङ्गदं साङ्गदवीरबाहो विहाय यातोऽसि चिरं प्रवासम्। न युक्तमेवं गुणसंनिकृष्टं विहाय पुत्रं प्रियचारुवेषम्॥

kimaṅgadaṃ sāṅgadavīrabāho vihāya yāto'si ciraṃ pravāsam| na yuktamevaṃ guṇasaṃnikṛṣṭaṃ vihāya putraṃ priyacāruveṣam||

English Meaning

O hero, having Arigada on your arms, why are you proceeding on a journey for good in a foreign land leaving behind (your son) Angada. It does not behove you (to leave aside) your dear son, gifted with diverse accomplishments and wearing a charming and beautiful cloth.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)