Chapter 52 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 52.17

शरणं त्वां प्रपन्नाः स्मः सर्वे वै धर्मचारिणीम्॥ यः कृतः समयोऽस्मासु सुग्रीवेण महात्मना। स तु कालो व्यतिक्रान्तो बिले च परिवर्तताम्॥

śaraṇaṃ tvāṃ prapannāḥ smaḥ sarve vai dharmacāriṇīm|| yaḥ kṛtaḥ samayo'smāsu sugrīveṇa mahātmanā| sa tu kālo vyatikrānto bile ca parivartatām||

English Meaning

We all take refuge in you, practising piety. the term that had been fixed by the high-souled Sugrīva in respect of us, shall all be spent in this cave. Therefore it behoveth you to deliver us from this place.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)