Chapter 36 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 36

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 36.17

दोषज्ञः प्रतिसामर्थ्य कोऽन्यो भाषितुमर्हति। वर्जयित्वा मम ज्येष्ठं त्वां च वानरसत्तम ॥

doṣajñaḥ pratisāmarthya ko'nyo bhāṣitumarhati| varjayitvā mama jyeṣṭhaṃ tvāṃ ca vānarasattama ||

English Meaning

What knowing person, excepting, O foremost of monkeys, yourself and my elder brother, can speak so.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)