Chapter 12 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 12.28

सुग्रीव श्रूयतां तात क्रोधश्च व्यपनीयताम्। कारणं येन बाणोऽयं स मया न विसर्जितः॥

sugrīva śrūyatāṃ tāta krodhaśca vyapanīyatām| kāraṇaṃ yena bāṇo'yaṃ sa mayā na visarjitaḥ||

English Meaning

Do you hear, O Sugriva, O worshipful one, why I did not discharge my arrow then.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)