Chapter 19 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 19.15

अथवा रुचितं स्थानमिह ते रुचिरानने। आविशन्ति च दुर्गाणि क्षिप्रमद्यैव वानराः॥ अभार्याः सहभार्याश्च सन्त्यत्र वनचारिणः। लुब्धेभ्यो विप्रलब्धेभ्यस्तेभ्यो नः सुमहद्भयम्॥

athavā rucitaṃ sthānamiha te rucirānane| āviśanti ca durgāṇi kṣipramadyaiva vānarāḥ|| abhāryāḥ sahabhāryāśca santyatra vanacāriṇaḥ| lubdhebhyo vipralabdhebhyastebhyo naḥ sumahadbhayam||

English Meaning

O you having a fine countenance, the monkeys shall enter this stronghold, although it is a favourite place with you. Herein dwell many forest-rangers, wifeless and having wives. And we are really afraid of them, avaricious, and formerly deprived of their wealth by us.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)