Chapter 36 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 36

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 36.9

अर्हसे च कपिश्रेष्ठ मया समभिभाषितुम्। यद्यसि प्रेषितस्तेन रामेण विदितात्मना॥ प्रेषयिष्यति दुर्धर्षो रामो नह्यपरीक्षितम्। पराक्रममविज्ञाय मत्सकाशं विशेषतः॥

arhase ca kapiśreṣṭha mayā samabhibhāṣitum| yadyasi preṣitastena rāmeṇa viditātmanā|| preṣayiṣyati durdharṣo rāmo nahyaparīkṣitam| parākramamavijñāya matsakāśaṃ viśeṣataḥ||

English Meaning

O best of monkeys, you are worthy of my welcome, since you had been despatched by Rāma, knowing self, Rāma, hard of being got at, has not sent you, specially to me, without a trial of your prowess.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)