Chapter 51 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 51

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 51.14

किं कार्यं कस्य वा हेतोः कान्ताराणि प्रपद्यथ॥ कथं चेदं वनं दुर्गं युष्माभिरुपलक्षितम्।

kiṃ kāryaṃ kasya vā hetoḥ kāntārāṇi prapadyatha|| kathaṃ cedaṃ vanaṃ durgaṃ yuṣmābhirupalakṣitam|

English Meaning

What is your errand? And why is it that you have arrived at these lone woods? And how have you managed to see this inaccessible forest?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)