Chapter 4 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 4.17

सीता यस्य स्नुषा चासीच्छरण्यो धर्मवत्सलः। तस्य पुत्रः शरण्यस्य सुग्रीवं शरणं गतः॥

sītā yasya snuṣā cāsīccharaṇyo dharmavatsalaḥ| tasya putraḥ śaraṇyasya sugrīvaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ||

English Meaning

That one attached to virtue, that refuge (of all)—the son of that shelter (of all beings) has come under the protection of Sugrīva.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)