Chapter 48 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 48

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 48.5

कण्डुर्नाम महाभागः सत्यवादी तपोधनः॥ महर्षिः परमामर्षी नियमैर्दुष्प्रधर्षणः।

kaṇḍurnāma mahābhāgaḥ satyavādī tapodhanaḥ|| maharṣiḥ paramāmarṣī niyamairduṣpradharṣaṇaḥ|

English Meaning

There dwelleth a Maharași, Kandu by name, an eminently pious, and truthful ascetic, irascible, and irrepressible because of his practice of self-discipline.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)