Chapter 2 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 2.16

यावज्जानामि वैदेहीं यदि जीवति वा न वा। तत्रैव चिन्तयिष्यामि दृष्ट्वा तां जनकात्मजाम्॥

yāvajjānāmi vaidehīṃ yadi jīvati vā na vā| tatraiva cintayiṣyāmi dṛṣṭvā tāṃ janakātmajām||

English Meaning

When I have ascertained whether Vaidehī is alive or not, I shall, after interviewing Janaka's daughter, think about this.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)