Chapter 18 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 18.53

स तस्य वाक्यं मधुरं महात्मनः। समाहितं धर्मपथानुवर्तितम्। निशम्य रामस्य रणावमर्दिनो वचः सुयुक्तं निजगाद वानरः॥

sa tasya vākyaṃ madhuraṃ mahātmanaḥ| samāhitaṃ dharmapathānuvartitam| niśamya rāmasya raṇāvamardino vacaḥ suyuktaṃ nijagāda vānaraḥ||

English Meaning

Hearing these sweet, collected and pious words of the high-souled Rāma,-the repressor of the enemies in a battle,-the monkey again addressed him with the following pregnant words.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)