Chapter 2 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 2.23

न विनश्येत् कथं कार्यं रामस्य विदितात्मनः। एकामेकस्तु पश्येयं रहिते जनकात्मजाम्॥

na vinaśyet kathaṃ kāryaṃ rāmasya viditātmanaḥ| ekāmekastu paśyeyaṃ rahite janakātmajām||

English Meaning

How can the work of Rāma cognizant of self (be so managed that it) may not be brought to naught? How can I see Janaka's daughter singly in secret?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)