Chapter 103 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 103

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 103.15

ततो निक्षिप्य काकुत्स्थो लक्ष्मणं द्वारि संग्रहम्। तमुवाच मुने वाक्यं कथयस्वेति राघवः॥ तत्ते मनीषितं वाक्यं येन वासि समाहितः। कथयस्वाविशङ्कस्त्वं ममापि हृदि वर्तते॥

tato nikṣipya kākutstho lakṣmaṇaṃ dvāri saṃgraham| tamuvāca mune vākyaṃ kathayasveti rāghavaḥ|| tatte manīṣitaṃ vākyaṃ yena vāsi samāhitaḥ| kathayasvāviśaṅkastvaṃ mamāpi hṛdi vartate||

English Meaning

Having thus piaced Lakşmaņa at the gate Rama said to that Rsis:-O great saint, tell me what he has communicated to you. O Muni, what is your intention and by what high-souled Rșis you have been sent here. Tell me all this without any fear, I have become anxious to hear it.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)