Chapter 29 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 29

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 29.23

त्रिपञ्चरात्रादूर्ध्वं यः प्राप्नुयादिह वानरः। तस्य प्राणान्तिको दण्डो नात्र कार्याविचारणा॥

tripañcarātrādūrdhvaṃ yaḥ prāpnuyādiha vānaraḥ| tasya prāṇāntiko daṇḍo nātra kāryāvicāraṇā||

English Meaning

(After their arrival) do you yourself inspect and count all those monkeys. He who shall not reach here within fifteen days shall be punished with the loss of his life.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)