Chapter 72 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 72

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 72.16

वानरांश्च महाकायान् प्रेषयिष्यति राघव॥ दिशो विचेतुं तां सीतां त्वद्वियोगेन शोचतीम्। अन्वेष्यति वरारोहां मैथिली रावणालये॥

vānarāṃśca mahākāyān preṣayiṣyati rāghava|| diśo vicetuṃ tāṃ sītāṃ tvadviyogena śocatīm| anveṣyati varārohāṃ maithilī rāvaṇālaye||

English Meaning

He shall search that exquisitely fine damsel Maithili in Ravana's abode, bewailing on your separation, and to find her out he shall despatch, O Rāghava, many a monkey of huge proportions to various quarters.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)