एवमाख्यातवान् वाली स ह्यभिज्ञो हरीश्वरः। आगमस्तु न मे व्यक्तः श्रवात् तस्य ब्रवीम्यहम्॥
evamākhyātavān vālī sa hyabhijño harīśvaraḥ| āgamastu na me vyaktaḥ śravāt tasya bravīmyaham||
English Meaning
Rāvana is a wily warrior, and hence is the special need of Sugrīva. That knowing lord of monkeys, Väli, had told me all this. I do not know how Rāvana had secured this host: I say what I had heard from Vāli.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)