Chapter 64 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 64

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 64.3

नहि राजा न जानीते कुम्भकर्ण नयानयौ। त्वं तु कैशोरकाद्धृष्टः केवलं वक्तुमिच्छसि॥

nahi rājā na jānīte kumbhakarṇa nayānayau| tvaṃ tu kaiśorakāddhṛṣṭaḥ kevalaṃ vaktumicchasi||

English Meaning

It certainly cannot well be that the king cannot distinguish between proper and improper; but you has from your youth upwards been insolent; and your joy is in talking perenially.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)