Chapter 18 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 18.3

अपृष्ट्वा बुद्धिसम्पन्नान् वृद्धानाचार्यसम्मतान्। सौम्य वानरचापल्यात् त्वं मां वक्तुमिहेच्छसि ॥

apṛṣṭvā buddhisampannān vṛddhānācāryasammatān| saumya vānaracāpalyāt tvaṃ māṃ vaktumihecchasi ||

English Meaning

Why did you purpose to address me thus out of fickleness, consequent upon your monkeyhood not asking your wise elders recognized by the preceptors?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)