Chapter 44 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 44

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 44.4

उवाच सुमहात्मानं वर्धयित्वा कृताञ्जलिः। द्रष्टुमिच्छति राजा त्वां गम्यतां तत्र मा चिरम्॥

uvāca sumahātmānaṃ vardhayitvā kṛtāñjaliḥ| draṣṭumicchati rājā tvāṃ gamyatāṃ tatra mā ciram||

English Meaning

And having saluted him, with folded palms he said to the high-souled Laksmana and:-"The King wishes to behold you-do you soon go there.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)