Chapter 28 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 28

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 28.61

अपि चापि परिक्लिष्टं चिराद् दारैः समागतम्। आत्मकार्यगरीयस्त्वाद् वक्तुं नेच्छामि वानरम्॥

api cāpi parikliṣṭaṃ cirād dāraiḥ samāgatam| ātmakāryagarīyastvād vaktuṃ necchāmi vānaram||

English Meaning

Moreover after a good deal of affliction he has regained his wives, and my service is of very great difficulty; so I do not wish to request that monkey-chief now.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)