Chapter 26 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 26.35

नाजानाज्जीवती रामः स मां भरतपूर्वजः। जानन्तौ तु न कुर्यात्तां नो। हि परिमार्गणम्॥

nājānājjīvatī rāmaḥ sa māṃ bharatapūrvajaḥ| jānantau tu na kuryāttāṃ no| hi parimārgaṇam||

English Meaning

Rāma, the elder brother of Bharata, dose not know that I am still alive or else he and Lakşmaņa would have ransacked the whole world for me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)