Chapter 30 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 30

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 30.74

वर्षाः समयकालं त प्रतिज्ञाय हरीश्वरः। व्यतीतांश्चतुरो मासान् विहरन् नावबुध्यते॥

varṣāḥ samayakālaṃ ta pratijñāya harīśvaraḥ| vyatītāṃścaturo māsān viharan nāvabudhyate||

English Meaning

Does not that lord of monkeys think that he has spent four months in enjoyments, having promised and appointed the season, after rains, (for making) enquiries about Sītā?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)