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)