Chapter 33 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 33

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 33.42

तच्चापि जानामि तथाविषा बलं नरश्रेष्ठ शरीरजस्य। जानामि यस्मिंश्च जनेऽवबद्धं कामेन सुग्रीवमसक्तमद्य ॥

taccāpi jānāmi tathāviṣā balaṃ naraśreṣṭha śarīrajasya| jānāmi yasmiṃśca jane'vabaddhaṃ kāmena sugrīvamasaktamadya ||

English Meaning

And, O foremost of men, I also know the irresistible force of Kāma. I know by whom Sugrīva has been taken captive, and that his heart is not now in the work.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)