Chapter 8 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 8

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 8.19

एवमुक्तस्तु तेजस्वी धर्मज्ञो धर्मवत्सलः। प्रत्युवाच स काकुत्स्थ: सुग्रीवं प्रहसन्निव॥

evamuktastu tejasvī dharmajño dharmavatsalaḥ| pratyuvāca sa kākutstha: sugrīvaṃ prahasanniva||

English Meaning

Thus accosted, that ever energetic one knowing righteousness and devoted to it, Kākutstha, smiling, said to Sugrīva,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)