Chapter 3 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 3.11

कस्त्वं केन च कार्येण इह प्राप्तो वनालय। कथयस्वेह यत् तत्त्वं यावत् प्राणा धरन्ति ते॥

kastvaṃ kena ca kāryeṇa iha prāpto vanālaya| kathayasveha yat tattvaṃ yāvat prāṇā dharanti te||

English Meaning

O you that had the woods for the home, who are you? And on what errand had you come hither? Tell me while yet you had your vital powers left in you.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)