Chapter 4 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 4.22

एवं ब्रुवाणं सौमित्रिं करुणं साश्रुपातनम्। हनूमान् प्रत्युवाचेदं वाक्यं वाक्यविशारदः॥ ईदृशा बुद्धिसम्पन्ना जितक्रोधा जितेन्द्रियाः। द्रष्टव्या वानरेन्द्रेण दिष्ट्या दर्शनमागताः॥

evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ saumitriṃ karuṇaṃ sāśrupātanam| hanūmān pratyuvācedaṃ vākyaṃ vākyaviśāradaḥ|| īdṛśā buddhisampannā jitakrodhā jitendriyāḥ| draṣṭavyā vānarendreṇa diṣṭyā darśanamāgatāḥ||

English Meaning

When Sumitrā's son shedding tears had spoken thus, that one skilled in speech, Hanumān, answered in these words, 'Persons of such a stamp, endued with understanding, of controlled anger and subdued senses, should be seen by the master of monkeys, and such come within one's ken through blessed luck.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)