Chapter 30 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 30.65

स कालं परिसंख्याय सीतायाः परिमार्गणे। कृतार्थः समयं कृत्वा दुर्मति ववुध्यते॥

sa kālaṃ parisaṃkhyāya sītāyāḥ parimārgaṇe| kṛtārthaḥ samayaṃ kṛtvā durmati vavudhyate||

English Meaning

Having appointed the time time to institute enquiries about Sītā, that wicked-minded one has now forgot it on the accession of his new dignity.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)