Chapter 23 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 23.4

सुग्रीवस्य वशं प्राप्तो विधिरेष भवत्यहो। सुग्रीव एव विक्रान्तो वीर साहसिकप्रिय॥

sugrīvasya vaśaṃ prāpto vidhireṣa bhavatyaho| sugrīva eva vikrānto vīra sāhasikapriya||

English Meaning

O hero, O dear, O brave lord, wonder it is that God under the semblance of Rāma, has placed himself under the control of Sugrīva; hither to fore he shall be regarded as a hero.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)