Chapter 13 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 13

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 13.18

अस्मिन्नेवंगते कार्ये प्राप्तकालं क्षमं च किम्। भवेदिति मतिं भूयो हनुमान् प्रविचारयन्॥ यदि सीतामदृष्ट्वाहं वानरेन्द्रपुरीमितः। गमिष्यामि ततः को मे पुरुषार्थो भविष्यति॥

asminnevaṃgate kārye prāptakālaṃ kṣamaṃ ca kim| bhavediti matiṃ bhūyo hanumān pravicārayan|| yadi sītāmadṛṣṭvāhaṃ vānarendrapurīmitaḥ| gamiṣyāmi tataḥ ko me puruṣārtho bhaviṣyati||

English Meaning

Thus thinking, Hanumān again reflected, "If without seeing Sītā, I repair to the abode of the lord of monkeys, what then shall I gain as the object of my exertions?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)