Chapter 51 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 51

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 51.1

इत्युक्त्वा हनुमांस्तत्र चीरकृष्णाजिनाम्बराम्। अब्रवीत् तां महाभागां तापसी धर्मचारिणीम्॥

ityuktvā hanumāṃstatra cīrakṛṣṇājināmbarām| abravīt tāṃ mahābhāgāṃ tāpasī dharmacāriṇīm||

English Meaning

Having said this to that female clad in a piece of black deer-skin, Hanumān asked that highly religious ascetic practising pious offices,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)