Chapter 12 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 12.1

एतच्च वचनं श्रुत्वा सुग्रीवस्य सुभाषितम्। प्रत्ययार्थं महातेजा रामो जग्राह कार्मुकम्॥

etacca vacanaṃ śrutvā sugrīvasya subhāṣitam| pratyayārthaṃ mahātejā rāmo jagrāha kārmukam||

English Meaning

Hearing those pleasant words of Sugrīva, the highly effulgent Rāma, to create his confidence, took up his bow.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)