Chapter 1 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 1.17

बाहू संस्तम्भयामास महापरिघसंनिभौ। आससाद कपिः कट्यां चरणौ संकुकोच॥ संहृत्य च भुजौ श्रीमांस्तथैव च शिरोधराम्। तेजः सत्त्वं तथा वीर्यमाविवेश स वीर्यवान् ॥

bāhū saṃstambhayāmāsa mahāparighasaṃnibhau| āsasāda kapiḥ kaṭyāṃ caraṇau saṃkukoca|| saṃhṛtya ca bhujau śrīmāṃstathaiva ca śirodharām| tejaḥ sattvaṃ tathā vīryamāviveśa sa vīryavān ||

English Meaning

The monkey firmly planted his arins like bolts, on the mountain; then crouched at the waist and contracted his legs. Contracting his arms, neck and abdomen He, the glorious and powerful Hanumān then, mustered his strengh.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)