Chapter 3 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 3.30

ततो वै भृशमुद्विग्ना लङ्का सा गद्गदाक्षरम्। उवाचागर्वितं वाक्यं हनुमन्तं प्लवङ्गमम्।॥

tato vai bhṛśamudvignā laṅkā sā gadgadākṣaram| uvācāgarvitaṃ vākyaṃ hanumantaṃ plavaṅgamam|||

English Meaning

Thereat, exceedingly agitated, Lanka addressed the monkey, Hanumān, in humble words, with their letters faltering,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)