Chapter 2 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 2.17

ततः स चिन्तयामास मुहूर्तं कपिकुञ्जरः। गिरेः शृङ्गे स्थिस्तस्मिन् रामस्याभ्युदयं ततः॥

tataḥ sa cintayāmāsa muhūrtaṃ kapikuñjaraḥ| gireḥ śṛṅge sthistasmin rāmasyābhyudayaṃ tataḥ||

English Meaning

Then that elephantine monkey, stationed on the summit of that mountain, for a while bethought himself as the success of Rāma.* *About rescuing his wife.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)