Chapter 40 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 40.1

अथ राजा समृद्धार्थः सुग्रीवः प्लवगेश्वरः। उवाच नरशार्दूलं रामं परबलार्दनम्॥

atha rājā samṛddhārthaḥ sugrīvaḥ plavageśvaraḥ| uvāca naraśārdūlaṃ rāmaṃ parabalārdanam||

English Meaning

Then that lord of monkeys, the successful Sugrīva, spoke to Rāma-lion among men and destroyer of hostile hosts-saying,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)