Chapter 56 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 56

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 56.17

कथमासीञ्जनस्थाने युद्धं राक्षसगृध्रयोः। नामधेमिदं भ्रातुश्चिरस्याद्य मया श्रुतम्॥

kathamāsīñjanasthāne yuddhaṃ rākṣasagṛdhrayoḥ| nāmadhemidaṃ bhrātuścirasyādya mayā śrutam||

English Meaning

How happened in Janasthāna the fight between the Rākṣasa and the vulture? It is after a long time that to-day I hear the name of my brother.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)