Chapter 63 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 63

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 63.15

अथ पवनसमानविक्रमाः प्लवगवराः प्रतिलब्धपौरुषाः। र्जनकसुतापरिमार्गणोन्मुखाः॥

atha pavanasamānavikramāḥ plavagavarāḥ pratilabdhapauruṣāḥ| rjanakasutāparimārgaṇonmukhāḥ||

English Meaning

Then those foremost of monkeys, in vigour resembling the Wind, getting occasion for displaying their prowess, intent upon searching the Janaka's daughter, set forward towards the quarter crested by Abhijit.* * Abhijitabhimukhan (acc.) Abhijit—the name of a star. Abhijit may also mean-he who is to be conquered. Then the sense would be the region in which Rāvana was.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)