Chapter 18 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 18.14

चपलश्चपलैः सार्धं वानरैरकृतात्मभिः। जात्यन्ध इव जात्यन्धैर्मन्त्रयन् प्रेक्षसे नु किम्॥

capalaścapalaiḥ sārdhaṃ vānarairakṛtātmabhiḥ| jātyandha iva jātyandhairmantrayan prekṣase nu kim||

English Meaning

Fickle as you are, how canst you comprehend what is proper, consulting with your monkey companions who are equally stupid and lighthearted, like to one, born blind, leading with another such?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)