Chapter 57 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 57

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 57.1

शोकाद् भ्रष्टस्वरमपि श्रुत्वा वानरयूथपाः। श्रद्दधुनैव तद्वाक्यं कर्मणा तस्य शङ्किताः॥

śokād bhraṣṭasvaramapi śrutvā vānarayūthapāḥ| śraddadhunaiva tadvākyaṃ karmaṇā tasya śaṅkitāḥ||

English Meaning

Hearing his accents faltering through grief, the leaders of monkey-herds, alarmed by his action*, did not repose confidence in his speech. Karmaņā (instru.) by his action. The commentator explains: alarmed by his speech about eating up the monkeys. The passage is

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)