Chapter 3 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 3.17

नूनं व्याकरणं कृत्स्नमनेन बहुधा श्रुतम्। बहु व्याहरतानेन न किंचिदपशब्दितम्॥

nūnaṃ vyākaraṇaṃ kṛtsnamanena bahudhā śrutam| bahu vyāharatānena na kiṃcidapaśabditam||

English Meaning

Forsooth he has studied well all the Grammars, for he has not used a single in elegant word though he has addressed me with a number of them.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)