Chapter 56 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 56

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 56.5

पश्य सीतापदेशेन साक्षाद् वैवस्वतो यमः। इंग देशमनुप्राप्ते वानराणां विपत्तये॥

paśya sītāpadeśena sākṣād vaivasvato yamaḥ| iṃga deśamanuprāpte vānarāṇāṃ vipattaye||

English Meaning

Behold! through Sita's simplicity* this onethe very son of the Sun, Yama-has come to this place, to exterminate the monkeys. *Another reading is Gridhra padesana— through the vultur's cunning. This the commentator consider as preferrable.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)