Chapter 3 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 3.10

प्राप्तोऽहं प्रेषितस्तेन सुग्रीवेण महात्मना। राज्ञा वानरमुख्यानां हनुमान् नाम वानरः॥

prāpto'haṃ preṣitastena sugrīveṇa mahātmanā| rājñā vānaramukhyānāṃ hanumān nāma vānaraḥ||

English Meaning

I have come here being despatched by that high-souled Sugriva-my name is Hanuman, the foremost of monkeys.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)