Chapter 23 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 23

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 23.5

ऋक्षवानरमुख्यास्त्वां बलिनं पर्युपासते। तेषां विलपितं कृच्छ्रमङ्गदस्य च शोचतः॥ मम चेमा गिरः श्रुत्वा किं त्वं न प्रतिबुध्यसे।

ṛkṣavānaramukhyāstvāṃ balinaṃ paryupāsate| teṣāṃ vilapitaṃ kṛcchramaṅgadasya ca śocataḥ|| mama cemā giraḥ śrutvā kiṃ tvaṃ na pratibudhyase|

English Meaning

Why are you not awake, hearing the bewailings of bears and monkeys who used to wait upon you, powerful, as well as that of Angada and myself?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)