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)