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)