Chapter 42 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 42.14

वासवस्य भवेद् दूतो वैश्रवणस्य वा। प्रेषितो वापि रामेण सीतान्वेषणकाझ्या॥

vāsavasya bhaved dūto vaiśravaṇasya vā| preṣito vāpi rāmeṇa sītānveṣaṇakājhyā||

English Meaning

He may be the emissary of Vāsava, or of Vaiśravaņa; or he may have been sent by Rāma himself from eagerness to get at the whereabouts of Sita.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)