Chapter 2 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 2.20

वालिप्रणिहितावेव शङ्केऽहं पुरुषोत्तमौ। राजानो बहुमित्राश्च विश्वासो नात्र हि क्षमः॥

vālipraṇihitāveva śaṅke'haṃ puruṣottamau| rājāno bahumitrāśca viśvāso nātra hi kṣamaḥ||

English Meaning

Methinks these two best of men have been despatched by Vali. Kings have many friends. And it is not proper for me to place confidence in them.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)