Chapter 37 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 37

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 37.31

कथं चाल्पशरीरस्त्वं मामितो नेतुमिच्छसि। सकाशं मानवेन्द्रस्य भर्तुर्मे प्लवगर्षभ॥

kathaṃ cālpaśarīrastvaṃ māmito netumicchasi| sakāśaṃ mānavendrasya bharturme plavagarṣabha||

English Meaning

O foremost of monkeys, little-bodied as you are, how do you desire, to take me hence to my husband the lord of men?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)