Chapter 50 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 50

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 50.17

ततो हनूमान् गिरिसंनिकाशः कृताञ्जलिस्तामभिवाद्य वृद्धाम्। पप्रच्छ का त्वं भवनं बिलं च रत्नानि चेमानि वदस्व कस्य॥

tato hanūmān girisaṃnikāśaḥ kṛtāñjalistāmabhivādya vṛddhām| papraccha kā tvaṃ bhavanaṃ bilaṃ ca ratnāni cemāni vadasva kasya||

English Meaning

And-Hanumān like to a hill, bowing down to the old women with joined hands, asked her, saying,-Who are you? And tell me, to whom belong this edifice and the cave as well as all these jewels.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)