Chapter 22 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 22

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 22.21

यथा हि त्वं महाबाहो लालितः सततं मया। न तथा वर्तमानं त्वां सुग्रीवो बहु मन्यते॥

yathā hi tvaṃ mahābāho lālitaḥ satataṃ mayā| na tathā vartamānaṃ tvāṃ sugrīvo bahu manyate||

English Meaning

O you having long arms, Sugrīva shall not regard you much, if did you remain in the same wise in which you hadst been brought up by me before*. The significance of the passage is as follows:You wert a mere child while I brought you up. But now you are a grown up young man and this is the time for you to serve your elders. Do you therefore serve Sugriva.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)