Chapter 17 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 17.10

तं दृष्ट्वा राघवं वाली लक्ष्मणं च महाबलम्। अब्रवीत् परुषं वाक्यं प्रश्रितं धर्मसंहितम्॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā rāghavaṃ vālī lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahābalam| abravīt paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ praśritaṃ dharmasaṃhitam||

English Meaning

And beholding that highly powerful Rāghava and Laksmana, Vāli addressed them with the following bold and pious words.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)