Chapter 50 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 50

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 50.12

केनचिद् रामकार्येण आगतोऽस्मि तवान्तिसम्॥ दूतोऽहमिति विज्ञाय राघवस्यामितौजसः। श्रूयतामेव वचनं मम पथ्यमिदं प्रभो॥

kenacid rāmakāryeṇa āgato'smi tavāntisam|| dūto'hamiti vijñāya rāghavasyāmitaujasaḥ| śrūyatāmeva vacanaṃ mama pathyamidaṃ prabho||

English Meaning

I come near you on a certain business of Rāma. Knowing me for a messenger of Rāghava endowed with measureless prowess, do you, O lord, listen to my words, calculated to work your profit.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)