Chapter 71 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 71

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 71.20

न तु कौतूहलाद्युक्तमन्वेष्टं तं महामुनिम्। एवं तद्वाक्यमुक्त्वा तु सैनिकान् रघुनन्दनः। अभिवाद्य महर्षि तं स्वं निवेशं ययौ तदा॥

na tu kautūhalādyuktamanveṣṭaṃ taṃ mahāmunim| evaṃ tadvākyamuktvā tu sainikān raghunandanaḥ| abhivādya maharṣi taṃ svaṃ niveśaṃ yayau tadā||

English Meaning

It is not therefore becoming to ask him about this our of curiosity. Having thus addressed the soldiers and bowed to the ascetic, Satrughna, the descendant of Raghu, entered his own quarter.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)