Chapter 37 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 37

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 37.3

प्रेषिताः प्रथमं ये च मयाऽऽज्ञाता महाजवाः। त्वरणार्थं तु भूयस्त्वं सम्प्रेषय हरीश्वरान्॥

preṣitāḥ prathamaṃ ye ca mayā''jñātā mahājavāḥ| tvaraṇārthaṃ tu bhūyastvaṃ sampreṣaya harīśvarān||

English Meaning

I know those monkeys that I have first despatched, to be gifted with great velocity*, yet, for urging speed upon them, do you send other foremost of monkeys. *The commentator slips the sense here. According to him, the meaning is, Those monkeys whom I have first sent, are known to me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)