Chapter 59 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 59.28

दृश्यते न च कार्यार्थी रामे राज्यं प्रशासति। लक्ष्मणः प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा रामायैवं न्यवेदयत्॥

dṛśyate na ca kāryārthī rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati| lakṣmaṇaḥ prāñjalirbhūtvā rāmāyaivaṃ nyavedayat||

English Meaning

Thus during the administration of Rāma none was seen who wanted justice. Laksmana, with folded hands, said to Rāma, “None has come for business."

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)