Chapter 4 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 4.18

सर्वलोकस्य धर्मात्मा शरण्यः शरणं पुरा। गुरुर्मे राघवः सोऽयं सुग्रीवं शरणं गतः॥

sarvalokasya dharmātmā śaraṇyaḥ śaraṇaṃ purā| gururme rāghavaḥ so'yaṃ sugrīvaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ||

English Meaning

That spiritual guide, who ere now was worthy of being the shelter (of all) and who (actually) was the refuge (of all creatures) Rāghava, has saught the shelter of Sugrīva.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)