Chapter 39 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 39

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 39.36

सुग्रीवस्त्वरितो रामे सर्वांस्तान् वानरर्षभान्। निवेदयित्वा धर्मज्ञः स्थितः प्राञ्जलिरब्रवीत्॥ यथासुखं पर्वतनिझरेषु वनेषु सर्वेषु च वानरेन्द्राः। निवेशयित्वा विधिवद् बलानि बलं बलज्ञः प्रतिपत्तुमीष्टे॥

sugrīvastvarito rāme sarvāṃstān vānararṣabhān| nivedayitvā dharmajñaḥ sthitaḥ prāñjalirabravīt|| yathāsukhaṃ parvatanijhareṣu vaneṣu sarveṣu ca vānarendrāḥ| niveśayitvā vidhivad balāni balaṃ balajñaḥ pratipattumīṣṭe||

English Meaning

Sugrīva standing with joined hands, expeditiously informed Rāma of the arrival of the monkey-leaders in hot haste; and then spoke (to them, saying, O chiefs of monkeys, stationing the forces duly near mountain-rills and all the woods, let him that is conversant with the army, ascertain who have come and who have not.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)