Chapter 55 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 55

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 55.8

उपांशुदण्डेन हि मां बन्धनेनोपपादयेत्। शठः क्रूरो नृशंसश्च सुग्रीवो राज्यकारणात्॥

upāṃśudaṇḍena hi māṃ bandhanenopapādayet| śaṭhaḥ krūro nṛśaṃsaśca sugrīvo rājyakāraṇāt||

English Meaning

For the sake of his kingdom, Sugrīva, wily, cunning and cruel, shall put me in solitary confinement.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)