Chapter 4 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 4.16

एष दत्वा न वित्तानि प्राप्य चानुत्तमं यशः। लोकनाथः पुरा भूत्वा सुग्रीवं नाथमिच्छति ॥

eṣa datvā na vittāni prāpya cānuttamaṃ yaśaḥ| lokanāthaḥ purā bhūtvā sugrīvaṃ nāthamicchati ||

English Meaning

Having given away profuse wealth and attained high fame, this one who formerly was the lord of the worlds, now wishes to make Sugrīva his master.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)