Chapter 1 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 1.27

शक्यं यदि मया श्रोतुं न खल्वाज्ञापयामि वः। यदि गुह्यं न चेद्वक्तुं श्रोतुमिच्छामि कथ्यताम्॥

śakyaṃ yadi mayā śrotuṃ na khalvājñāpayāmi vaḥ| yadi guhyaṃ na cedvaktuṃ śrotumicchāmi kathyatām||

English Meaning

If I can well hear the same (do you tell it me). I by no means command you. If the thing can bear disclosure, I would hear it. Pray, speak out.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)