Chapter 59 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 59.11

अहं तात यथाकालमामिषार्थी खमाप्लुतः। महेन्द्रस्य गिरेरमावृत्य सुसमाश्रितः॥

ahaṃ tāta yathākālamāmiṣārthī khamāplutaḥ| mahendrasya gireramāvṛtya susamāśritaḥ||

English Meaning

'Father, taking to my wings at the proper time for procuring flesh, I (went) and stood, obstructing the pass of the Mahendra mountain.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)