Chapter 1 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 1.74

तमाकाशगतं वीरमाकाशे समुपस्थितः। प्रीतो हृष्टमना वाक्यमब्रवीत् पर्वतः कपिम्॥ मानुषं धारयन् रूपमात्मनः शिखरे स्थितः।

tamākāśagataṃ vīramākāśe samupasthitaḥ| prīto hṛṣṭamanā vākyamabravīt parvataḥ kapim|| mānuṣaṃ dhārayan rūpamātmanaḥ śikhare sthitaḥ|

English Meaning

Thereupon, with a glad heart assuming the semblance of a man ånd stationing himself upon his own summit, that mountain-chief addressed Hanumān, saying.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)