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Kishkindha Kanda Sarga 65 Shloka 21
Original Shloka
कामं शतं सहस्रं वा न ह्येष विधिरुच्यते। योजनानां भवान् शक्तो गन्तुं प्रतिनिवर्तितुम्।।4.65.21।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

भवान् you, योजनानाम् of yojanas, शतं सहस्रं वा even a hundred or a thousand, गन्तुम् to go, प्रतिनिवर्तितुम् but to return, शक्तः कामम् you have the required energy, एषः this, विधिः duty, उच्यते हि not proper.

English Commentary

'You can go upto even a hundred thousand yojanas and have the required energy to return also. But it is not proper to send you (because you are the heir apparent).