Chapter 55 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 55

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 55.6

राज्ये पुत्रः प्रतिष्ठाप्य सगुणो निर्गुणोऽपि वा। कथं शत्रुकुलीनं मां सुग्रीवो जीवयिष्यति।।।।।

rājye putraḥ pratiṣṭhāpya saguṇo nirguṇo'pi vā| kathaṃ śatrukulīnaṃ māṃ sugrīvo jīvayiṣyati|||||

English Meaning

Meritorious or otherwise, how can Sugriva, having installed in the kingdom me, son (of his enemy) and the enemy sprung in his race, suffer me to live?

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)