Chapter 25 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 25

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 25.17

रावणस्त्वब्रवीद्वाक्यं नावगच्छामि किं त्विदम्। कोऽयं यस्तु त्वयाख्यातो मधुरित्येव नामतः।।२०

rāvaṇastvabravīdvākyaṃ nāvagacchāmi kiṃ tvidam| ko'yaṃ yastu tvayākhyāto madhurityeva nāmataḥ||20

English Meaning

Ravana said:-“I do not understand all this. Who is that Madhu, who has been named by you?"

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)