Chapter 52 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 52.5

वीरस्तस्य सखा राज्ञः सुग्रीवो नाम वानरः। राजा वानरमुख्यानां येन प्रस्थापिता वयम् ॥ अगस्त्यचरितामाशां दक्षिणां यमरक्षिताम्। सहैभिर्वानरैर्मुख्यैरङ्गदप्रमुखैर्वयम्॥

vīrastasya sakhā rājñaḥ sugrīvo nāma vānaraḥ| rājā vānaramukhyānāṃ yena prasthāpitā vayam || agastyacaritāmāśāṃ dakṣiṇāṃ yamarakṣitām| sahaibhirvānarairmukhyairaṅgadapramukhairvayam||

English Meaning

His friend is that heroic king, the monkey named Sugrīva. By that monarch of the foremnost monkeys have we been despatched (hither). And we have, joining company with these prime monkeys headed by Angada, come to the South, protected by Yama, and inhabited by Agastya.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)