Chapter 19 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 19

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 19.8

वानरा राजसिंहस्य यस्य यूयं पुरःसराः। तं विहाय सुवित्रस्ताः कस्माद् द्रवत दुर्गताः॥

vānarā rājasiṃhasya yasya yūyaṃ puraḥsarāḥ| taṃ vihāya suvitrastāḥ kasmād dravata durgatāḥ||

English Meaning

O monkeys, why are you flying away, terrified and distressed, leaving behind that foremost of kings before whom you were used to fight?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)