Chapter 8 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 8.10

तत् तथेत्यब्रवीद् रामः सुग्रीवं प्रियवादिनम्। लक्ष्मणस्याग्रतो लक्ष्म्या वासवस्येव धीमतः॥

tat tathetyabravīd rāmaḥ sugrīvaṃ priyavādinam| lakṣmaṇasyāgrato lakṣmyā vāsavasyeva dhīmataḥ||

English Meaning

There at the graceful Rāma, in front of the intelligent Lakşmaņa resembling Väsava, said to Sugriva of a pleasing presence,-It is even so.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)