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)