Chapter 3 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 3.9

एवं मां परिभाषन्तं कस्माद् वै नाभिभाषतः॥ सुग्रीवा नाम धर्मात्मा कश्चिद् वानरपुङ्गवः। वीरो विनिकृतो भ्रात्रा जगद् भ्रमति दुःखितः॥

evaṃ māṃ paribhāṣantaṃ kasmād vai nābhibhāṣataḥ|| sugrīvā nāma dharmātmā kaścid vānarapuṅgavaḥ| vīro vinikṛto bhrātrā jagad bhramati duḥkhitaḥ||

English Meaning

Why do you not answer me accosting you thus? A certain heroic and virtuous monkeychief, by name Sugrīva, has been journeying on this carth, distressed at heart, being driven away by his brother.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)