Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 68: Daśaratha Delighted
Text 1.68.18
यदि वो रोचते वृत्तं जनकस्य महात्मनः।
पुरीं गच्छामहे शीघ्रं मा भूत्कालस्य पर्ययः॥
yadi vo rocate vṛttaṁ janakasya mahātmanaḥ
purīṁ gacchāmahe śīghraṁ mā bhūt kālasya paryayaḥ
yadi = if; vaḥ = to all of you; rocate = is pleasing [as being fit for a matrimonial alliance between us]; vṛttam = this conduct; janakasya = Janaka; mahā-ātmanaḥ = of the great soul; purīm = his city; gacchāmahe = let us go; śīghram = quickly; mā bhūt = let there be no; kālasya paryayaḥ = delay in time.
If this conduct of the great soul Janaka is pleasing to all of you [as being fit for a matrimonial alliance between us], let us quickly go to his city. Let there be no delay in time.