Chapter 12 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 12.20

यन्नावगच्छत् सुग्रीवं वालिनं वापि राघवः। ततो न कृतवान् बुद्धिं मोक्तुमुन्तकरं शरम्॥

yannāvagacchat sugrīvaṃ vālinaṃ vāpi rāghavaḥ| tato na kṛtavān buddhiṃ moktumuntakaraṃ śaram||

English Meaning

And Rāghava did not discharge that mortal shaft until he could perfectly ascertain who was Vāli and who was Sugriva.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)