Chapter 5 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 5.25

स तु तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा राघवस्यात्मनो हितम्। सुग्रीवः परमप्रीतः परमं वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥

sa tu tad vacanaṃ śrutvā rāghavasyātmano hitam| sugrīvaḥ paramaprītaḥ paramaṃ vākyamabravīt||

English Meaning

Hearing those words of Răghava fraught with his welfare, Sugrīva supremely rejoiced, said these words, informed with rapture, You hero!

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)