Chapter 46 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 46

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 46.1

गतेषु वानरेन्द्रेषु रामः सुग्रीवमब्रवीत्। कथं भवान् विजानीते सर्वं वै मण्डलं भुवः॥

gateṣu vānarendreṣu rāmaḥ sugrīvamabravīt| kathaṃ bhavān vijānīte sarvaṃ vai maṇḍalaṃ bhuvaḥ||

English Meaning

On the monkey-chiefs having departed, Rāma said to Sugrīva, How is it that you know all the quarters of this earth?'

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)