Chapter 34 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 34

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 34.17

यदि रामस्य दूतस्त्वमागतो भद्रमस्तु ते। पृच्छामि त्वां हरि श्रेष्ठ प्रिया रामकथा हि मे॥

yadi rāmasya dūtastvamāgato bhadramastu te| pṛcchāmi tvāṃ hari śreṣṭha priyā rāmakathā hi me||

English Meaning

And may good betide you if you are Rāma's messenger. I do ask you, O foremost of monkeys, something about Rāma that is pleasant to me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)