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)