Chapter 40 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 40

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 40.12

नाहमस्मिन् प्रभुः कार्ये वानरेन्द्र न लक्ष्मणः। त्वमस्य हेतुः कार्यस्य प्रभुश्च प्लवगेश्वर॥

nāhamasmin prabhuḥ kārye vānarendra na lakṣmaṇaḥ| tvamasya hetuḥ kāryasya prabhuśca plavageśvara||

English Meaning

O lord of monkeys, I am not the master in this matter, nor Lakşmaņa: you are the cause of this undertaking, as well as, O monarch of monkeys, the lord.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)