Chapter 3 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 3.18

लङ्काया वचनं श्रुत्वा हनूमान् मारुतात्मजः। यत्नवान् स हरिश्रेष्ठः स्थितः शैल इवापरः॥

laṅkāyā vacanaṃ śrutvā hanūmān mārutātmajaḥ| yatnavān sa hariśreṣṭhaḥ sthitaḥ śaila ivāparaḥ||

English Meaning

Hearing Lankā's words, Hanumān, son to the Wind-god, foremost of monkeys-exerting himself (to secure victory), stood like another hill.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)