Chapter 20 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 20

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 20.12

कालो नि:संशयो नूनं जीवितान्तकरस्तव। बलाद् येनावपन्नोऽसि सुग्रीवस्यावशो वशम्॥

kālo ni:saṃśayo nūnaṃ jīvitāntakarastava| balād yenāvapanno'si sugrīvasyāvaśo vaśam||

English Meaning

Forsooth, you had been by force brought under the control of Kāla, since you had been discomfited by Sugrīva, albeit you are above the control of others.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)