Chapter 4 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 4.28

प्रसन्नमुखवर्णश्च व्यक्तं हृष्टश्च भाषते। नानृतं वक्ष्यते वीरो हनूमान् मारुतात्मजः॥

prasannamukhavarṇaśca vyaktaṃ hṛṣṭaśca bhāṣate| nānṛtaṃ vakṣyate vīro hanūmān mārutātmajaḥ||

English Meaning

He speaketh openly with a delightful light in his countenance; and cheerfulness. (It seems) that the heroic Hanuman, son to the God of wind does not speak anything that is false.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)