Chapter 25 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 25

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 25.40

इमास्तास्तव राजेन्द्र वानर्योऽप्लवगास्तव। पादैर्विकृष्टमध्वानमागताः किं न बुध्यसे॥

imāstāstava rājendra vānaryo'plavagāstava| pādairvikṛṣṭamadhvānamāgatāḥ kiṃ na budhyase||

English Meaning

O best of kings, these she-monkeys cannot go by jumping. Did you not perceive that they have travelled so far on foot?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)