Chapter 3 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 3.19

स तां स्त्रीरूपविकृतां दृष्ट्वा वानरपुङ्गवः। आबभाषेऽथ मेधावी सत्त्ववान् प्लवगर्षभः॥

sa tāṃ strīrūpavikṛtāṃ dṛṣṭvā vānarapuṅgavaḥ| ābabhāṣe'tha medhāvī sattvavān plavagarṣabhaḥ||

English Meaning

Seeing her appear in the form of a deformed female, that foremost and best-of monkeys endued with intelligence, possessed of prowess, said.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)