Chapter 52 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 52.13

यत् त्वया रक्षिताः सर्वे म्रियमाणा बुभुक्षया॥ ब्रूहि प्रत्युपकारार्थं किं ते कुर्वन्तु वानराः।

yat tvayā rakṣitāḥ sarve mriyamāṇā bubhukṣayā|| brūhi pratyupakārārthaṃ kiṃ te kurvantu vānarāḥ|

English Meaning

And as you had saved the monkeys, who were weary and suffering from hunger, tell (me),-what benefit shall the monkeys do you in return?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)