Chapter 1 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 1.49

प्रतिज्ञातं च रामेण तदा वालिवधं प्रति ॥ वालिनश्च बलं तत्र कथयामास वानरः। सुग्रीवः शङ्कितश्चासीनित्यं वीर्येण राघवे॥

pratijñātaṃ ca rāmeṇa tadā vālivadhaṃ prati || vālinaśca balaṃ tatra kathayāmāsa vānaraḥ| sugrīvaḥ śaṅkitaścāsīnityaṃ vīryeṇa rāghave||

English Meaning

Then Ráma vowed that he would slay Vālī. Thereupon the monkey described to Raghava the prowess of Vālī, and he feared lest Räma should not prove a match for Válī.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)