Chapter 43 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 43

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 43.14

तस्यैवं भाषितं श्रुत्वा राघवः परमार्तवत्। उवाच सुहृदः सर्वान्कथमेतद्वदन्तु माम्॥

tasyaivaṃ bhāṣitaṃ śrutvā rāghavaḥ paramārtavat| uvāca suhṛdaḥ sarvānkathametadvadantu mām||

English Meaning

Hearings those words of Bhadra, Raghava was greatly sorry and asked his friends “Do the subjects thus talk about me?”

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)