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)