Chapter 43 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 43

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 43.1

ततः संदिश्य सुग्रीवः श्वशुरं पश्चिमां दिशम्। वीरं शतबलं नाम वानरं वानरेश्वरः॥ उवाच राजा सर्वज्ञः सर्ववानरसत्तमः। वाक्यमात्महितं चैव रामस्य च हितं तदा॥

tataḥ saṃdiśya sugrīvaḥ śvaśuraṃ paścimāṃ diśam| vīraṃ śatabalaṃ nāma vānaraṃ vānareśvaraḥ|| uvāca rājā sarvajñaḥ sarvavānarasattamaḥ| vākyamātmahitaṃ caiva rāmasya ca hitaṃ tadā||

English Meaning

Having directed his father-in-law to proceed to the West, that best to monkeys, the allknowing king Sugrīva, lord of apes, then spoke to the heroic monkey, named Satavala, words fraught with good to himself as well as to Rāma,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)