Chapter 59 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 59.40

तस्य त्वं ब्रूहि सौमित्रे प्रजापालः स राघवः। अनाज्ञप्तस्तु सौमित्रे प्रवेष्टुं नेच्छयाम्यहम्॥

tasya tvaṃ brūhi saumitre prajāpālaḥ sa rāghavaḥ| anājñaptastu saumitre praveṣṭuṃ necchayāmyaham||

English Meaning

O Saumitri, do you go and communicate to the king protecting his subjects that without his permission I do not wish to go there."

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)