Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 1: Daśaratha Desires to Appoint Rāma as the Crown Prince
Text 2.1.46

न तु केकयराजानं जनकं वा नराधिपः।
त्वरया चानयामास पश्चात्तौ श्रोष्यतः प्रियम्॥

na tu kekaya-rājānaṁ janakaṁ vā narādhipaḥ
tvarayā cānayām āsa paścāt tau śroṣyataḥ priyam

na tu = not; kekaya-rājānam = the King of Kekaya; janakam = Janaka; = or; nara-adhipaḥ = King Daśaratha; tvarayā = because he was in a hurry; ca = and; ānayām āsa = did invite; paścāt = later on; tau = they; śroṣyataḥ = would hear [anyway]; priyam = about the happy news.

King Daśaratha did not invite the King of Kekaya or Janaka because he was in a hurry and they would hear about the happy news later on [anyway].

King Daśaratha was in a hurry and the King of Kekaya and Janaka were far away.