Chapter 35 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 35

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 35.6

सुदुःखशयितः पूर्वं प्राप्येदं सुखमुत्तमम्। प्राप्तकालं न जानीते विश्वामित्रो यथा मुनिः॥

suduḥkhaśayitaḥ pūrvaṃ prāpyedaṃ sukhamuttamam| prāptakālaṃ na jānīte viśvāmitro yathā muniḥ||

English Meaning

Having lain down miserable before, Sugrīva, now that he has attained this supreme happiness, does not heed his urgent duties, like the ascetic Visvamitra.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)