Chapter 34 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 34

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 34.31

तेनाहं प्रेषितो दूतस्त्वत्सकाशमिहागतः॥ त्वद्वियोगेन दुःखार्तः स त्वां कौशलमब्रवीत्। लक्ष्मणश्च महातेजाः सुमित्रानन्दवर्धनः॥ अभिवाद्य महाबाहुः स त्वां कौशलमब्रवीत्।

tenāhaṃ preṣito dūtastvatsakāśamihāgataḥ|| tvadviyogena duḥkhārtaḥ sa tvāṃ kauśalamabravīt| lakṣmaṇaśca mahātejāḥ sumitrānandavardhanaḥ|| abhivādya mahābāhuḥ sa tvāṃ kauśalamabravīt|

English Meaning

I have been sent by him as a messenger to you. Worn with grief in your separation he has enquired of your welfare, as well the highly effulgent Lakşmaņa, the enhancer of Sumitrā's joy, bowing reverentially to you.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)