Chapter 35 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 35

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 35.3

नैवाकृतज्ञः सुग्रीवो न शठो नापि दारुणः। नैवानृतकथो वीर न जिह्मश्च कपीश्वरः॥

naivākṛtajñaḥ sugrīvo na śaṭho nāpi dāruṇaḥ| naivānṛtakatho vīra na jihmaśca kapīśvaraḥ||

English Meaning

Sugrīva is not ungrateful, or cunning, or heartless; nor does he, O hero, deal in falsehood; nor is he deceitful.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)