Chapter 42 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 42

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 42.6

कोऽयं कस्य कुतो वायं किंनिमित्तमिहागतः। कथं त्वया सहानेन संवादः कृत इत्युत॥ आचक्ष्व नो विशालाक्षि मा भूत्ते सुभगे भयम्। संवादमसितापाङ्गि त्वया किं कृतवानयम्॥

ko'yaṃ kasya kuto vāyaṃ kiṃnimittamihāgataḥ| kathaṃ tvayā sahānena saṃvādaḥ kṛta ityuta|| ācakṣva no viśālākṣi mā bhūtte subhage bhayam| saṃvādamasitāpāṅgi tvayā kiṃ kṛtavānayam||

English Meaning

Who is this? And whence, and wherefore has he come here? And why did he carry on converse with you? Tell us this, you of expansive eyes. O lucky one, entertain no fear. And, O you having eyes with dark outer corners, what is the talk that this one has held with you?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)