Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 9: Conversation Between Sumantra and Daśaratha
Text 1.9.15
ते तु राज्ञः वचःश्रुत्वा व्यथिता विनताननाः
न गच्छेम ऋषेर्भीता अनुनेष्यन्ति तं नृपम्
te tu rājñaḥ vacaḥ śrutvā vyathitā vinatānanāḥ
na gacchema ṛṣer bhītā anuneṣyanti taṁ nṛpam
te = they; tu = but; rājñaḥ = of the king; vacaḥ = those words; śrutvā = upon hearing; vyathitāḥ = will become distressed; vinata-ānanāḥ = and hence, with their heads turned down; na = not; gacchema = we will go; ṛṣeḥ = of the sage Vibhāṇḍaka; bhītāḥ = they will tell him, frightened; anuneṣyanti = and console; tam = the; nṛpam = king.
But upon hearing those words of the king, they will become distressed and hence, with their heads turned down, they will tell him, “Frightened of the sage Vibhaṇḍaka, we will not go” and console the king.
They will console the king, “We will not be able to go. But we will think of a means to bring Ṛśyaśṛṅga and tell you.”